August is there to remind us that all good things must come to an end. What makes the month so special is that throughout August, we all rush to complete our summer bucket list and make the most of the last month of summer. That rush and excitement are bittersweet, and August quotes convey this feeling just right.
In this article, we'll explore the numerous quotes about August that capture the emotion of the most bittersweet time of the year. So if you're looking to caption the first day of August in an Insta post or need relatable end of summer quotes to caption the photo dump for #summer2023, August sayings and quotes can do the job.
So dive deep into our basket of the best quotes on August and the joys (tinged with sadness) it brings. Upvote quotes for August that you liked the most and share this article with a friend who takes their Insta caption game seriously!
And as we approach the Sunday of Summer and transition to fall, remember to reflect upon things that make you feel good, and you feel grateful. But if you're not a fan of the summer heat and are looking forward to the colder season, check out our posts featuring fall quotes and winter quotes!
#1
“If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe.” - Evelyn Waugh
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“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” - Sylvia Plath
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“Less than a month ago, all of August still stretched before us – long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.” - Lauren Oliver
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“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” - Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
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“August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun and the lilies again are spread across the water.” - Mary Oliver
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“August, the summer’s last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.” - Henry Rollins
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#7
“August is the border between summer and autumn. It is the most beautiful month I know.” - Tove Jansson
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#8
“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” - Jenny Han
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“In the long dusks of summer, we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.” - Steven Millhauser
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#10
“Today is the first day of August; it is no longer July. Summer passes, and Summer friends will melt away like snow in spring.” - Rolf van der Wind
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#11
“August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.” - Joseph Wood Krutch
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#12
“August is a time of growing up, of forgotten forever’s, full of the sweetest intent.” - Megan Boyle
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#13
“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.” - Kent Nerburn
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#14
“The quiet August noon has come; A slumberous silence fills the sky; The winds are still, the trees are dumb, In glassy sleep the waters lie.” - William Cullen Bryant
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#15
“August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes.” - Rasmenia Massoud
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#16
“August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on the cob. Vivid dahlias fling huge tousled blossoms through gardens and joe-pye-weed dusts the meadow purple.” - Jean Hersey
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#17
“August depresses me a little. I don’t even feel like eating. And when I don’t eat, that’s a sure sign of stagnation.” - Willard Scott
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#18
“To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.” - Paul Johnson
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#19
“August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I’ve been listening to in the late spring and summer.” - Henry Rollins
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#20
“August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one’s endurance, sanity, and stamina.” - Henry Rollins
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