Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams, words! The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Love is a rose whose every jubilee is an illusion and every thorn a reality.

August depresses me a little. I don’t even feel like eating. And when I don’t eat, that’s a sure sign of stagnation.

It’s part of the American experience. We deal with mosquitoes in August.

One of the most important tools for exercising power is the systematic generation of fear.

August is a gentle reminder for not doing a single thing from your new year resolution for seven months and not doing it for next five.

I love the little garden in the back of my family’s brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for me. Although by the time August rolls around and my roses have black spot, I need the break winter provides.

Let her wake as when she close her eyes. That was all Jenny asked for. That was all she begged for on this March night that was perfectly equal to the day, unique in all the season. Let her be the same sweet girl, unburdened by gifts or sorrow. Always keep mint on your windowsill… Lees verder Alice Hoffman

August is the Sunday of summer. I wish we could turn the hourglass over.

The brilliant poppy flaunts her head amidst the ripening grain, and adds her voice to sell the song that August is here again.

We used to play football on the levee with no shirts on in the summer August in New Orleans, and my skin would turn red.