Bethany Stephens

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. ”
― Sarah Orne Jewett