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“Short summers lightly have a forward spring.” William Shakespeare, Richard III
“Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York; and all the clouds that lour'd upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean buried.” William Shakespeare, Richard III
“Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It's a sad season of life without growth...” F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees—just as things grow in fast movies—I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets
“I love New York on summer afternoons when every one's away. There's something very sensuous about it—overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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