Natalie Zane Babbitt:
(née Moore; July 28, 1932 – October 31, 2016).
American writer and illustrator of children’s books.
Her 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.
The first week of August is motionless and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.
The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.
Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.
