“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer's last stand.”
― A Line Made By Walking
― A Line Made By Walking
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