“My first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and we met to go out for the first time to the movies. When I saw her I was petrified. I couldn't even look her in the eye to talk to her.” FirstsLooksLongHomeEyeBeautifulGirlSawsMetsSummerFirst TimePhonesFirst DateRelationship Over Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only.” TwoHomeLeftWeekSummerChristmasComing HomeTwo Weeks Author:Peter Jurasik
“I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.” ThinkingYearsDifferentHomeEarthGirlCommunityMemoriesTreeTaughtGrewLessonsMembersSummerYears AgoEndureBackgroundsUniformsNursingVisitingEarth DayBadgesCampingStay With MeSummer CampBeing A GirlDifferent BackgroundsNursing HomeTree PlantingGirl Scout Author:Natalie Merchant
“In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year.” PeopleYearsPlayFactsHomeKidsHouseSummerSpringHorseChristmasBeachTrustedPalmsLucyBeach HousePalm Springs Author:Keith Thibodeaux
“When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and I were driving to California. She laughed out loud - 2,000 miles in a what? Well, my best friend had an old Chevy. What could go wrong?” YearsFirstsWellsHomeMotherFriendshipCollegeSummerDrivingMilesLoudCaliforniaLaughedMy Best FriendChevy Author:Jane Smiley
“I'm a regular Canadian girl. I enjoy staying home. In the summer I've got a garden. I'm very much a homebody, a normal, family-oriented girl. But I do have this other incredible side of my life that involves acting and traveling.” HomeGirlEnjoySidesActingNormalSummerGardenIncrediblesStayingHomebodiesNormal FamilyFamily Oriented Author:Elisha Cuthbert
“We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep school manners, the aristocratic calm, the Skull and Bones mystery, the dappled lawns stretching before New England summer homes. How else can be explained the Bush vs. Kerry match-up that confronts us this year?” YearsHomeRealitySchoolNationsClassMysteryBloodMiddleSummerEnglandBlueDemocraticCalmBonesMannersMiddle ClassSkullsStretchingLawnsNew EnglandPrepsAristocraticBlue BloodsSkull And Bones Author:David Brooks
“Any rainy summer morning, of course, has the seeds of gloomy alienation sown in. But a rainy summer morning far from home - when your personal clouds don't move but hang - can easily produce the feeling of the world as seen from the grave. This I know.” KnowsWorldFeelingsHomeMovingCoursesMorningProduceSummerCloudsSeedsGravesAlienationGloomyRainy Book:The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land Source: The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land
“What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at rest. The days when you shut down the mental machinery that keeps life on track and let life simply wander. The days when you stop planning, analyzing, thinking and just are. Summer is my period of grace.” ThinkingWantLifeHomeGraceWonderfulPeriodsSummerTrackPlanningWanderLuxuryVacationMachineryAnalyzingSummertimeVacation TimeSummer Vacation Author:Ellen Goodman
“I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.” MeanEndsHomeGovernmentMovingAchievementSummerIraqOptimisticAdministrationStableTroopsRepresentativesGreat AchievementEnd Of SummerAmerican TroopsRepresentative Government Author:Joe Biden