“July is hollyhocks and hammocks, fireworks and vacations, hot and steamy weather, cool and refreshing swims, beach picnics, and vegetables all out of the garden.” … See more

Sylvia Rivera
July 2 “We should not be ashamed of who we are. We have to show the world that we are numerous. There are many of us out there.” — S… See more

“In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the July night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact before me and stand aloof from its honor and shame.” — Ralph W… See more

“Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers.” — Sara Coleridge “Grand against the crimson of the sky, Kings of the sunshine and the thunder, Come they and go they in J… See more

“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 … See more