August Quote by Alice Hoffman

Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.

— Denise Levertov

I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.

— Fred Thompson

“I heard a rapid alternation of notes, a vibrating staccato of an ancient instrument, nearly as old as nature herself, a cricket singing in…

— Jeffrey A. White

“In the evening, the summer haze hovers over the fields like a translucent amber blanket waiting to put the crops to bed, tucking them…

— Sky Ashton

The trouble with flowers is that invariably, when I'm ready to photograph them, they are not in season.

— Anne Geddes

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

— German Proverb

Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp…

— E. B. White

Soon will set in the fitful weather, with fierce gales and sullen skies and frosty air, and it will be time to tuck up…

— Celia Thaxter

Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!

— Humbert Wolfe

The summer day is closed - the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train…

— William C. Bryant

When April steps aside for May, Like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; Fresh violets open every day: To some new bird each hour we…

— Lucy Larcom

I always feel that I have missed some good fortune if I am away from home when my bees swarm. What a delightful summer…

— John Burroughs