From Denny: I seem to be thinking about the ending of summer a lot lately, even wrote a poem about it: finally! Glad to have that off my plate and out of my head where thoughts of summer have been rolling around for weeks! :)
These are some lovely quotes I found on the subject of summer, some wistful in the passing of summer, some profound in their heightened awareness on a summer night, some amusing in how our culture views a time of the year that could be viewed negatively if it came at a different time.
Summer is a great time to relax and hear our creative thoughts. There is a magical quality to the summer night. Come on, even Shakespeare thought so and wrote a play for it! :) It's like a waking dream time full of promise and fun.
Have you entertained the thought to write your own summer poem before the season steals away? These quotes will get you sparked into your own creativity!
Quotes
"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." - Wallace Stephens
"In summer, the song sings itself." - William Carlos Williams
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy." - Anton Chekhov
"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
"Summer afternoon: to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." - Henry James
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." - Ada Louise Huxtable
"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart." - Celia Thaxter
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