
12 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Authors With August Birthdays
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Life never fulfills the promises it made or the promises we thought it has made. In moments when we are too weighed down by the frustration of living but not being alive enough, seeing your thoughts getting mirrored in print provides a weird sense of comfort. Here is a list of life quotes by authors with August birthdays who have helped me navigate the complexities of real life.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” —James Baldwin, Author of The Fire Next Time.
“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it’s morning again, they’ll wash away
Here it’s safe, here it’s warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.” —Suzanne Collins, Author of The Hunger Games.
“When you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That’s a very unattractive equation.” —Ann M. Martin, Author of Here Today.
“Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.” —Walter Dean Myers, Author of Monster.
“Paradise Lost is sometimes Heaven found.” —Arthur Yorinks, Author of Hey, Al.