“I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.” MenCollegeSummerGarbageJerseyNew JerseyDumpYaleSwitzerland Author:Tom Perrotta
“Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.” MenProblemLawCrimeSummerCapableMen And WomenIntelligentHotResponsibleViolentIceDrySummer DaysViolent CrimesSolved ProblemsHot SummerDry Ice Author:L. Neil Smith
“For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.” MenDoeOne DaySummerBlessedShort TimeNicomachean Ethics Author:Aristotle
“Winding her arms close around his neck, she closed her eyes. To be embraced, safe in a man's arms when she had never expected it to happen again, this would be enough.Time sheltered their embrace, enfolding them within a summer scented capsule that felt endless and theirs alone. The fragrance of grass and sunlight and nearby water sweetened each breath. Theirs was the music of birds ans the lazy buzz of insects and the beating of two hearts. Yes, she thought, she didn't need more. This would be enough.” MenNeedsHeartTwoEnoughHappensWould BeEyeFeltWaterArmsSafeSummerBirdBreathsEmbraceExpectedEndlessGrassNecksLazySunlightHer EyesInsectsFragranceEnough TimeBuzzTwo Hearts Author:Maggie Osborne
“A breath, whence no man knows, Swaying the grating weeds, it blows; It comes, it grieves, it goes. Once it rocked the summer rose.” KnowsMenSummerBreathsRoseBlowGrievingAutumnWeedFall AutumnSwaying Author:John Vance Cheney