“Merely having seen the season change in a country gave one the sense of having been there for a long time.” LongCountryTimeLong TimeSeasonsSeasons Change Book:The Essential Willa Cather Collection Source: The Essential Willa Cather Collection
“The Good Wife was definitely the biggest surprise and gift that Ive had in a long time, and that did come out of some other work that I had done. That whole adage of work begets work actually worked in that case - it was at the very end of their first season that my character was first introduced.” FirstsLongEndsDoneWholeCharacterCasesWifeLong TimeSeasonsSurpriseAdagesBegetsGood Wife Author:Carrie Preston
“I used to love to come to the ballpark. Now I hate it. Every day becomes a little tougher because of all this. Writers, tape recorders, microphones, cameras, questions and more questions. Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one. I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time.” LittlesLongStillsHomeUsedHateLostHairLong TimeSeasonsI HateCamerasFishesTapeSixtyMobileRogerMicrophonesGoing HomeRecordersUsed To LoveBallparks Author:Hank Aaron
“One of the sad things about this political season is that it allows [requires] us to get behind our big "Liberal" or "Conservative" banner and forget, for a time, that the big problems in our country have been around a long time and have been batted back and forth, caused and exacerbated, by both sides, and are more spiritual or ethical than [merely] political.” LongHas BeensCountryProblemBigsSpiritualPoliticalSidesForgetBehindsLong TimeSeasonsConservativeOur CountryEthicalBoth SidesBack And ForthBannerBig ProblemsSad Things Author:George Saunders
“I think any athlete will tell you that season-ending losses stay with you for a long time. If you are one of the main reasons for a season-ending loss, it sticks with you longer.” IfsThinkingLongReasonLossLong TimeSeasonsSticksAthlete Author:Chipper Jones
“In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again(15).” WorldLifeLooksLongHardJoyLostDarkMy OwnPerfectBehindsBrainWorstTaughtMoonSkillsDespairLong TimeDaughterRedWindowSeasonsDressesVictimFlamesGloriousMy DaughterYellowSpheresBedroomStrokesRebirthOutlinesColorlessCrescentCrescent Moon Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time.” LongStillsHomeLostHairLong TimeSeasonsAgingFishesSixtyMobileRogerGoing Home Author:Hank Aaron
“What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but a season - and a season is a long time.” LongRememberSportsWeekMonthsLong TimeBaseballSeasons Author:Chuck Tanner
“Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen: reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in. This is how we are going to live for a long time: not always, for every gardener knows that after the digging, after the planting, after the long season of tending and growth, the harvest comes.” IfsKnowsMayLongHappensGrowthLong TimeSeasonsReachingReach OutHarvestGardenerDigging Book:Circles on the Water Source: Circles on the Water