#summer

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#night #oh #she #sits #smile

I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#i #janet #looked #much #sanders

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#childhood #daddy #dishes #earned #garden

Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came; and if the village had been beautiful at first, it was now in the full glow and luxuriance of its richness. The great trees, which had looked shrunken and bare in the earlier months, had now burst into strong life and health; and stretching forth their green arms over the thirsty ground, converted open and naked spots into choice nooks, where was a deep and pleasant shade from which to look upon the wide prospect, steeped in sunshine, which lay stretched out beyond. The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green; and shed her richest perfumes abroad. It was the prime and vigour of the year; all things were glad and flourishing. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#beauty

We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of major consequence was built. ↗

— Gray Davis

#build #built #consequence #early #earnest

The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer. ↗

— Marc Davis

#art #attended #city #first #i

I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#find #here #i #knew #knowingly

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun. ↗

— Gail Devers

#fun #go #i #kids #lemonade

In fact, at Olympic National Park in my district, they 3 years ago had 130 summer employees they brought in for temporary work. This summer they have 25 because they cannot afford more. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#ago #because #brought #cannot #district

Write about winter in the summer. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#summer #winter #write