Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Diane Duane: (born May 18, 1952). American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels. Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water! I have laughed more than daffodils and cried more than June.… Lees verder Diane Duane

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein: (New York, 12 July 1895 – Doylestown, 23 August 1960). American composer and librettist. He later adopted the ‘II’ to avoid confusion with his grandfather, the impresario Oscar Hammerstein. Together with Richard Rodgers, he formed a highly successful team, composing several Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. June is bustin’… Lees verder Oscar Hammerstein II

It’s okay to love something a little too much, as long as it’s real to you.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment—we are all defined by something we can’t change.

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón: (Coyoacán, 6 July 1907 – there, 13 July 1954). Mexican surrealist painter. Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Those who love us see us with their heart.

Clinton Scollard: (1860–1932). American poet and writer of fiction. He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College. A bird in the boughs sang June, and June hummed a bee in a Bacchic glee as he tumbled over and over, drunk with the honeydew.

Dr Seuss: Pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel: (Springfield, 2 March 1904 – San Diego, 24 September 1991). American children’s book author, poet, and illustrator. He published a total of more than sixty books in his lifetime. Among his best-known works are The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who! (and How the Grinch Stole… Lees verder Dr. Seuss

Eugène Ionesco: (Slatina (Romania), 26 November 1909 – Paris, 28 March 1994). Influential French playwright, born in Romania. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the absurd stage. The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia, in the month of June is only a half-light when one compares… Lees verder Eugène Ionesco

William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite: (December 6, 1878 – June 8, 1962). African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist, and publisher in the United States. His work as a critic and anthologist was widely praised and important in the development of East Coast poetry styles in the early 20th century. He was awarded the Spingarn Medal in… Lees verder William Stanley Braithwaite

Denis Diderot: (Langres, 5 October[1] 1713 – Paris, 31 July 1784). French writer and philosopher, art critic and a prominent figure in the radical Enlightenment, with Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) who could be called its precursors. He was editor of the Encyclopédie with Jean le Rond d’Alembert between 1750 and 1776. He… Lees verder Denis Diderot