Check out our selection of summer quotes and get excited for the best season of the year.
“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” —Langston Hughes
“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” —Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib
“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
“Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock ‘n’ roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.” — Haruki Murakami
“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” —Debasish Mridha
“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
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadows.” — Helen Keller
“Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. For those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. You can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. Summer just opens the door and lets you out.” — Deb Caletti
“Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.” — Yoko Ono
“Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.” —Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” —William Shakespeare
“I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days.” — Danielle Steel
“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” —Kellie Elmore
“Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.” —Zooey Deschanel
“All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.” — L.M. Montgomery
“Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is about.” —John Mayer
“I was on the beach every summer. That was the pleasant part of my childhood because we were right by the sea. We’d take a picnic, and I’d spend hours in the water until I turned blue. You couldn’t get me out of there.” —Olga Kurylenko
“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” — Debasish Mridha
“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” —Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty
“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” —George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
“Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape…” — Harper Lee
“Smell the sea, and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly.” —Van Morrison
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” —Sam Keen
