Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Nicola Yoon: (Geboren in 1972). Jamaicaans-Amerikaanse auteur. Ze is vooral bekend als schrijfster van de young adult roman Everything, Everything uit 2015, een New York Times bestseller en de basis van de gelijknamige film uit 2017. In 2016 bracht ze The Sun Is Also a Star uit, een roman die werd bewerkt tot een gelijknamige… Lees verder Nicola Yoon

Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken: Also known as Bô Yin Râ. (Aschaffenburg, 25 November 1876 – Massagno, 14 February 1943) German writer and painter. From 1913, he wrote religious-spiritual books under the name Bô Yin Râ, most of which were published in Switzerland. His publications, including his 32-volume main work Hortus Conclusus (Enclosed Garden), were largely published… Lees verder Bo Yin Ra

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. I saw the spiders marching through the air, swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day in latter August when the hay came creaking to the barn.

I saw the spiders marching through the air, swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day in latter August when the hay came creaking to the barn.

I will cast my August days behind me with my May, nor strive to drag them into autumn’s place, nor swear I hope when I do but remember. Now violet and rose have had their day. I’ll pluck the soberer asters with good grace and call September nothing but September.

August is the month when wars start. It’s when the water dries up, and the spirit begins to wither.

That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.

Charmaine J. Forde: American writer. Born in Barbados, raised in Penssylvania, US. January, the first month of the year. A perfect time to start all over again. Changing energies and deserting old moods. New beginnings, new attitudes. I miss being in Barbados in December. That is the time I always remember. The smell of varnish… Lees verder Charmaine J. Forde

The earth is the same everywhere, and eternal, eternal are the white clouds.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire: (Paris, 9 April 1821 – there, 31 August 1867). French poet and art critic. His best-known collection of poetry is Les Fleurs du mal. 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… Lees verder Charles Baudelaire