Autumn Cornwell > Quotes

“Shut up, cowboy."
Yes, ma'am."
And give me a kiss."
Yes, ma'am.”
― Autumn Cornwell, Carpe Diem

“He say: May you and Hanks have long life together with many little Hanks!"
I gasped.
I'll drink to that," said Hanks with a grin and quickly downed his lao-lao.”
― Autumn Cornwell, Carpe Diem

“Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
It's not the heat, it's the humidity.”
― Autumn Cornwell, Carpe Diem

“Carpe Diem.
Seize the day.
Seize. The. Day.
Seize the day!
And why not?
Why stay here? Why not escape? The path is well trod, and I have my Maglite. Why sit around waiting for impending doom? (Or, at the very least, messy retribution.) You have no choice, Vassar. The water supply is almost depleted, and your life's hanging by the proverbial thread. Get going!”
― Autumn Cornwell

“We were riding the 7:04 a.m. ferry crossing the Puget Sound to the Seattle Academy of Academic Excellence. The sky was overcast with streaks of gray, tufts of white, and shards of sun. Drizzling. All our fellow students who lived in Port Ann made the hour ferry ride to and from Seattle every day. We didn't mind--it gave us two hours a day to do our advanced placement homework, practice our Latin, and eat fries.”
― Autumn Cornwell, Carpe Diem

“Non scholae sed vitae discimus”
― Autumn Cornwell