October 2023 – Diaries of Note

Frances Partridge

1st October 1967

I have woken fairly early to think about human life
Michael MacDonagh

2nd October 1916

It was so horribly fascinating that I felt spellbound
Barbara Bush

3rd October 1992

I am absolutely convinced that George is going to lose
Anne Lamott

4th October 1989

The ultimate bovine humiliation
Richelene Mitchell

5th October 1973

Oh, self, they make me so sick!
Kenneth Rose

6th October 1985

For twelve years we lied about it
Alvin C. York

7th October 1918

All through the long night those big guns flashed and growled
Sofia Tolstoy

8th October 1862

No sooner am I happy, than he crushes me
Czesław Miłosz

9th October 1987

Would it be possible to live every minute attentively?
Martha Ballard

10th October 1794

A Midwife’s Tale
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

11th October 1831

My love of solitude is growing with my growth
André Gide

12th October 1940

In the multitude I become bewildered
Anne Lister

13th October 1824

When in my hand thy pulse is prest, I feel it alter mine
E. J. Kahn Jr.

14th October 1987

I can’t remember his name
Virginia Woolf

15th October 1930

I need solitude. I need space. I need air.
Bill Hayes

16th October 2013

I am glad to be on planet Earth with you
George Washington

17th October 1781

Hostilities were suspended for the Night
Josep Pla

18th October 1918

The crying could be heard from the street
George Templeton Strong

19th October 1856

The greatest crime on the largest scale known in modern history
Wallace Stevens

20th October 1903

Ambition and energy keep a man young
Simon Gray

21st October 2001

So here I am, two hours into my sixty-sixth year
Zygmunt Klukowski

22nd October 1942

It is almost impossible to comprehend
Caroline Fox

23rd October 1848

A wet day and all its luxuries
Raphael Soyer

24th October 1967

Art is local
James Webb Young

25th October 1942

Sunlight can only be pictured with shadows
Lou Andreas-Salomé

26th October 1912

Beginning of Classes
Elton John

27th October 1969

WROTE ‘YOUR SONG’
Christopher Isherwood

28th October 1962

I should like to see him forcibly shaved
Liane de Pougy

29th October 1921

The dear old white bear saved me, that time
Petr Ginz

30th October 1941

One bomb fell about ten feet from the train station
Richard Adams

31st October 1980

Hop tu naa!

Month: October