Summer Quotes

Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

What is more gentle than a wind is summer?

Entrance and exit wounds are silvered clean, The track aches only when the rain reminds. The one-legged man forgets his leg of wood, The one-armed man his jointed wooden arm. The blinded man sees with his ears and hands As much or more than once with both his eyes.

You were a lost boy the summer you tried teaching me how to fly.

The best songs just come unasked for. You don’t have to think about them. Summer is a good time for songs.

The sound of those crickets still drowns me in the summer fantasy.

I love big summer dresses, and it sucks because I’m such a little person, so I always have to be very specific about which ones I put on.

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.