50 Best Summer Quotes That Capture the Spirit of the Sunny Season
"The summer night is like a perfection of thought."
The days leading up to summer can feel like they stretch on forever, but the wait is always worth it. When it finally arrives, the sun-drenched beach days, lively pool parties, and refreshing summer fruits (and cocktails) make it feel like no other season ever existed. And that's not to mention Ladd Drummond's legendary 4th of July bash, which the Drummond family counts down to without fail every year! With all the fun in the sun that summer brings, there are endless reasons to celebrate—and that's exactly what makes this collection of summer quotes such a joy to read.
The quotes you'll find here will make it that much easier to put your love for summertime into words. These book excerpts, movie quotes, and wise sayings work beautifully as summer Instagram captions. In fact, there are tons of beach quotes and quotes about nature that are perfect for anyone who plans to spend the summer camping, boating, or simply dining al fresco with family and friends. Just take John Mayer's words for example, "A little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about." There are even some charming but funny quotes included, like this one from James Dent: “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawnmower is broken.” 😂 Read through these as you get ready for the season!
Get ready for fun in the sun with more summer activities:
Kellie Elmore
"Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do what we can, summer will have its flies."
Susan Branch
"I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this."
Audrey Hepburn
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."
Katie Lee
"If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue."
Emily Dickinson
"To see the summer sky is poetry, though never in a book it lie—true poems flee."
Jenny Han
"Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August."
Oprah Winfrey
"Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine."
Taylor Swift
"When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill."
John Steinbeck
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?"
Nat King Cole
"Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer."
Robert Bridges
"I know that if odor were visible, as color is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds."
Margaret Atwood
"In the summer I was a wild child in the woods, with no shoes, and in the fall it was back to the city, shoe shops and school."
Henry James
"Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
John Steinbeck
"In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explode, and every sunset is different."
Matshona Dhliwayo
“Winter is copper, autumn is bronze, spring is silver, and summer is gold.”
Brian Wilson
“Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.”
Jimmy Buffett
“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.”
Kobayashi Issa
“Summer night – even the stars are whispering to each other.”
Gooseberry Patch
“Celebrate summer, sundrenched days and starlit nights.”
Nitya Rao is the editorial assistant at The Pioneer Woman, covering stories ranging from food, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, news, and more.
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