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“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.”

Quote by Laurie Colwin

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Laurie Colwin was an American author known for her warm and humorous writing style. Her works often revolve around themes of family, friendship, and love, and have won the hearts of readers. Born on June 14, 1944, she passed away on October 24, 1992. more

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“Oh, father's gone to market-town, he was up before the day, And Jamie's after robins, and the man is making hay, And whistling down the hollow goes the boy that minds the mill, While mother from the kitchen door is calling with a will, "Polly!-Polly!- The cows are in the corn! Oh, where's Polly?"”

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Book:Lyrics

Source: Lyrics

“Bright was the summer's noon when quickening steps Followed each other till a dreary moor Was crossed, a bare ridge clomb, upon whose top Standing alone, as from a rampart's edge, I overlooked the bed of Windermere, Like a vast river, stretching in the sun.”

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Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

“Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cucc. Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu, Sing cuccu!”

Summer July Meds

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“The sandy cat by the Farmer's chair Mews at his knee for dainty fare; Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse. In the dewy fields the cattle lie Chewing the cud 'neath a fading sky; Dobbin at manger pulls his hay: Gone is another summer's day.”

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Book:Collected Poems, 1901-1918

Source: Collected Poems, 1901-1918

“People take pictures of the Summer, just in case someone thought they had missed it, and to proved that it really existed.”

People Cases Summer July

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“Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.”

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“The consolations of space are nameless things. It was after the neurosis of winter. It was In the genius of summer that they blew up The statue of Jove among the boomy clouds. It took all day to quieten the sky And then to refill its emptiness again.”

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Book:The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Source: The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

“O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers! O for an iceberg or two at control! O for a vale that at midday the dew cumbers! O for a pleasure trip up to the pole!”

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Book:Morning Lights and Evening Shadows

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“It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.”

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Book:Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

Source: Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

“What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer afternoon?”

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Author:Gordon McLendon