Judy Garland

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

Etienne Rey

Étienne Rey: (1 March 1879 – 16 February 1965). French writer, dramatist and literary critic and one of the first best-seller writers of the Grasset publisher. His play La belle aventure, co-written with Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet was premiered in 1913 at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and played again numerous times.… Lees verder Etienne Rey

Otsuyu Nakagawa

Nakagawa Otsuyu: (1675–1739). Japanese haiku poet and artist, also known by the pen name Bakurin, who was born in Yamada, Ise Province (modern-day Mie Prefecture), Japan. He was a lumber merchant by profession and is regarded as the founder of the Ise school of haiku, having been influenced by the style of Kyoto Iwata and… Lees verder Otsuyu Nakagawa

Karen Gibbs

Karen B. Gibbs: Published by Today.com, New Jersey Family, Inside Northside, Inside New Orleans, Silvur, Been Verified, iVillage and Accent Magazine, as well as writing for Citibank, Procter & Gamble and Bed Bath & Beyond Wrote a 60-part series on stain removal for Today.com Author of the commissioned biography Worth the Wait. Leaves grow old… Lees verder Karen Gibbs

Lauren DeStefano

Lauren DeStefano: (born October 13, 1984). American young adult author. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series of novels and her gallows humor. Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

D. H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence: The pen name of David Herbert Richards Lawrence. (Eastwood (Nottinghamshire), 11 September 1885 – Vence (France), 2 March 1930). English novelist. He also wrote essays, poems, stories, travelogues, plays, literary critiques and translations. He also taught for a time. Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan: Born: 16 May 1965, Elazig, Turkey. Turkish (stage) writer. Every sunset is a journey, a journey to remember the memories of the past. Let all the failures of your past year be your best guide in the New Year. There is October in every November and there is November in every December!… Lees verder Mehmet Murat Ildan

Anne Bosworth Greene

Anne Bosworth Greene (1878-1961) Author and artist. Born in England, although lived most of her life in America. She lived on a farm in Vermont, where she kept horses and Shetland ponies. She wrote an autobiographical account of the time she spent a winter alone there, and also two children’s stories about a Shetland, no… Lees verder Anne Bosworth Greene

Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood: (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845). English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as “The Bridge of Sighs” and “The Song of the Shirt”. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood, never robust, had… Lees verder Thomas Hood