

“We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name's become proverbial. Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It's a sad season of life without growth...It has no day.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise

“When God was making the months I think February was a mistake, like a burp. There it was, small, dark, and prickly. It had absolutely no redeeming qualities.”
― What Flowers Remember
― What Flowers Remember

“I'm one of those people who doesn't really know what he thinks until he writes it down.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“February - the month of love..?!!
No wonder the shortest one in the calendar.”
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No wonder the shortest one in the calendar.”
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“Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade without anyone's noticing. One evening in August you have an errand outdoors, and all of a sudden it's pitch-black. It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive.”
― The Summer Book
― The Summer Book
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