These July Quotes Will Make You Want to Soak Up the Sun and Dive Into Summer

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We can see it now: Those hot July summer days—when you know you're in the middle of the season, feeling like you've got the entire world in your hands! Those pool parties, patriotic celebrations (like the 4th of July), and summer cookouts really just make the month one of the most special in the calendar year! And truthfully, we're not the only ones who think so. In fact, there are plenty of people out there who have shared praise for July at one point or another. So, we decided to create a list of the best July quotes! You know, so we can really dive into the summer with the right mindset.

This list has plenty of summer quotes, though they're a bit different than those June quotes you read last month. For example, this quote by Rick Bass really puts the two months into perspective: “My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.” There are also a bunch of happy quotes and inspirational quotes on this list for those who need that summer pick-me-up. Plus, you could use any of the July quotes ahead as a summer Instagram caption, if you please! Basically, we're saying this list has it all.

Hal Borland

“July is a blind date with summer.”

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Charlotte Eriksson

“It’s July and I have hope in who I am becoming.”

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Francis Thompson

“The summer looks out from her brazen tower, through the flashing bars of July.”

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Amy Levy

“The London trees are dusty-brown, Beneath the summer sky; My love, she dwells in London town, Nor leaves it in July.”

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Sara Coleridge

“Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers.”

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Kellie Elmore

“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.”

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Rick Bass

“My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.”

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Vaidesh Vardanth

“Welcome, July! In remaining of half-year, we must fly to reach high.”

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Jean Hersey

“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.”

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Charlotte Eriksson

“The way I always think I will get better in July.”

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Terri Guillemets

“I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder.”

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Lewis Carroll

“Autumn frosts have slain July.”

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Jenny Han

“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.”

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Allie Ray

“Then came July like three o'clock in the afternoon, hot and listless and miserable.”

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Haley Mary Artzab

“Thinking back to when it’s warm outside. Oh, why couldn’t Christmas be in July?”

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American Folklore

“If ant hills are high in July, the coming winter will be hard.”

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Daisaku Ikeda

“July, with its days of blue skies and time that seemingly stands still, holds a special place in my heart.”

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Bill Bryson

“They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such lofty clouds, such towering anvils, as in Iowa in July.”

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E. V. Lucas

“The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July.”

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Rachel Hollis

“Summer at the Hollis household is all about us getting together and enjoying the pool.”

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