• The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.

    Natalie Babbitt: The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.
    Natalie Babbitt (2015). “Tuck Everlasting”, p.3, Macmillan