Bernard Arthur Owen Williams:
(Westcliff-on-Sea, 21 September 1929 – Rome, 10 June 2003).
British philosopher specialising in ethics, who was called the ‘most brilliant and important British philosopher of his time’ by The Times newspaper.
September tries its best to have us forget summer.
– September is ‘beginning to shift the mood and weather’ away from summer.
– It’s actively pushing us to ‘move on mentally’ from summer—cooler days, less sunlight, the feeling that the year is turning.
In short:
‘September is the “transition month” that gently (or not-so-gently) pulls you out of summer-mode.’ 🍂☀️➡️🌥️
🕵️ Origin / Author:
– This exact line is ‘commonly quoted’ as:
– Bernard Williams
– However, I can’t verify with high confidence from the information available here whether:
– it’s ‘definitely’ by Bernard Williams, or
– it’s a ‘misattribution’, a line paraphrased from his writing, or a later quote attributed to him.
✅ What I can say reliably:
– It’s widely circulated online under his name, but ‘author-attribution sources are inconsistent’, and I don’t have enough evidence in this environment to confirm the exact original publication.
It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.
If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
