"August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on the cob. Vivid dahlias fling huge tousled blossoms through gardens and joe-pye-weed dusts the meadow purple."

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Source : Jean Hersey (1967). “The Shape of a Year”

Jean Hersey

#Weed Quotes #Sweet Quotes #Garden Quotes

“Tell your girlfriend or wife you love them everyday. Like I do!”
“You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best”
“For me, the show must go on - it doesn't matter how ill you are, you get on and do it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value.”

Source : Edwin Newman (1974). “Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?”
“Certainly Dracula did bring a hell of a lot of joy to a hell of a lot of women. And if this erotic quality hadn't come out we'd have been very disappointed.”
“For those people who don't know what Whiteboy clothing is, it is not a white-supremacy thing. It is a great clothing line that just says, 'Have fun.”
“The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far.”
“Can't you see that it's just raining? There ain't no need to go outside.”

Source : Song: Banana Pancakes

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