January Quotes - Page 9

• My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to lameness by the sharp air of January, began to heal and subside under the gentler breathings of April; the nights and mornings no longer by their Canadian temperature froze the very blood in our veins; we could now endure the play-hour passed in the garden.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Morning, Spring, Garden

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.66, Penguin

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• Catch, then, oh! catch the transient hour,
  Improve each moment as it flies;
  Life's a short summer-man a flower;
  He dies-alas! how soon he dies!

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Summer, Time

  Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, p.184

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• January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

  Michael Caine

  Garbage Cans, America, Oscars

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• Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

  Jack Adams

  Islands, Sea, Tasks

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• The truth was I knew, after all those flat January days, that I deserved better. I deserved I love yous and kiwi fruits and warriors coming to my door, besotted with love. I deserved pictures of my face in a thousand expressions, and the warmth of a baby's kick beneath my hand. I deserved to grow, and to change, to become all the girls I could be over the course of my life, each one better than the last.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Baby, Warrior

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• The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, New Year, Years

  Charles Dickens (1846). “¬The Chimes”

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• Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Love, Family, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Feb 14, 2014

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• Look lak she been livin' through uh hundred years in January without one day of spring.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Spring, Years, One Day

  Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.23, University of Illinois Press

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• It was Russia, January 5, 1943, and just another icy day. Out among the city and snow, there were dead Russians and Germans everywhere. Those who remained were firing into the blank pages in front of them. Three languages interwove. The Russian, the bullets, the German.

  Markus Zusak

  Russia, Cities, Snow

  Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.351, Random House

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• Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.

  Jose Marti

  True Friend, Heart, Blow

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• Sunday, January 27, 1884. -- There was another story in the paper a week or so since. A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat's plate. One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master's plate, the other on its own.

  Beatrix Potter

  Cat, Sunday, Two

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• This because it is never really very cold in England. It is drizzly, and the wind will blow; hail happens, and there is a breed of Tuesday in January in which time creeps and no light comes and the air is full of water and nobody really loves anybody, but still a decent jumper and a waxen jacket lined with wool is sufficient for every weather England's got to give.

  Zadie Smith

  Blow, Light, Air

  Zadie Smith (2006). “On Beauty”, p.33, Penguin UK

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• Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag and hide January has April's showers And two and two always makes a five It's the devil's way now There is no way out You can SCREAM and you can shout It is too late now Because... You have not been Payin' attention! Payin' attention! Payin' attention! Payin' attention! You have not been paying attention!

  Thom Yorke

  Home, Two, Rights

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• I do not love you except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you My heart moves from cold to fire. I love you only because it's you the one I love; I hate you deeply, and hating you Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you Is that I do not see you but love you blindly. Maybe January light will consume My heart with its cruel Ray, stealing my key to true calm. In this part of the story I am the one who Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.

  Pablo Neruda

  Hate, Moving, Love You

  Pablo Neruda, “I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You”

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• That many if not most people...who want fresh leafy greens in January buy them at the supermarket after they've been bleached and plastic-bag shipped from California or beyond is not a tribute to modern technology; it's an unprecedented abdication of personal responsibility and a ubiquitous benchmark of abnormality.

  Joel Salatin

  Responsibility, Technology, California

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• If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your triumphant struggle against the bestial appetites and passions of Leninism.

  Winston Churchill

  Struggle, Passion, Italian

  Speech in Rome, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 20, 1927.

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• <...> though he found that if you are stupid enough to bury a camera underground you won't be taking many pictures with it afterwards. Thus the story has no picture book for the period May 10, 1991 - January 7, 1992. But this is not important. It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you.

  Jon Krakauer

  Memories, Stupid, Real

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• Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.

  Karen Joy Fowler

  June, People, Mad

  Karen Joy Fowler (2012). “Sarah Canary”, p.49, Hachette UK

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• "I guess I'm okay with that. But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here." "I figured." "And not a lot of beach volleyball, either. Especially in January." "I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices." "Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy your time."

  Nicholas Sparks

  Volleyball, Beach, Sacrifice

  "The Last Song". Book by Nicholas Sparks, September 1, 2009.

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• It's only life. We all get through it. Not all of us complete the journey in the same condition. Along the way, some lose their legs or eyes in acidents or altercations, while others skate through the years with nothing worse to worry about than an occassional bad-hair day. I still possessed both legs and both eyes, and even my hair looked all right when I rose that Wednesday morning in late January. If I returned to bed sixteen hours later, having lost all my hair but nothing else, I would consider the day a triumph. Even minus a few teeth, I'd call it a triumph.

  Dean Koontz

  Morning, Eye, Journey

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• I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

  Donna Shalala

  Together, Boards, Pieces

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• Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall all end like them—just a stain in the snow.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Fall, Snow, Bird

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• There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA. Sometimes I don't know if it's February or April or October, because you're always sitting outside on the same patio, and it's 70 degrees.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  June, Degrees, Sitting

  "Alexander Skarsgard: Interview with a vampire". Interview with Aaron Hicklin, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004.

  Emma Stone

  Years, Parent, Hollywood

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.

  Allen West

  America, White, Black

  "Rep. Allen West To Black Voters: Give GOP A Chance". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 27, 2012.

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