June 2023 – Diaries of Note

Jean Cocteau

1st June 1946

The film had killed me
Charlotte Forten

2nd June 1854

Our worst fears are realized
George Gissing

3rd June 1888

Morbidness—is it?
Søren Kierkegaard

4th June 1852

The Difficulty with Our Time
Beryl Bainbridge

5th June 1968

My God, my God they can’t have
Rev. Leslie Skinner

6th June 1944

Chaos ashore
Carol Ruth Silver

7th June 1961

Y’all are under arrest
Joyce Carol Oates

8th June 1981

At times I feel that I could write endlessly
Anne Truitt

9th June 1974

My body is the record of those I have loved
Margaret Thompson

10th June 1912

It amused me to see his attitude
Li Gui

11th June 1876

Look! Land!
Cesare Pavese

12th June 1940

War raises the tone of life
Keith Haring

13th June 1984

Magic must always triumph
Katharine ‘Kate’ Frye

14th June 1913

It was only fitting she should be honoured publicly
Isabelle Eberhardt

15th June 1900

I must learn to think
Mary Butts

16th June 1920

The instinct explains so much
Elizabeth Smart

17th June 1943

Who is there for me?
Stirling Moss

18th June 1960

Bugger
Anthony Sher

19th June 1984

Now is the winter…
H. R. Haldeman

20th June 1972

He feels we should be on the attack for diversion
Annie Ernaux

21st June 1989

He really wants me, as usual
Edward Weston

22nd June 1924

I took Olga to her first bull fight
Virginia d’Albert-Lake

23rd June 1940

France has capitulated
R. D. Blumenfeld

24th June 1887

I cannot understand how these people exist without ice
George Sand

25th June 1837

Poor little warbler
Barbara Smith

26th June 1979

Black female life is worth nothing
Nikki Sixx

27th June 1987

You’d think I would be happy all the time
Ada Blackjack

28th June 1923

I hear some funny noise
Weary Dunlop

29th June 1943

This death hit me hard
John Cheever

30th June 1962

I have seen something splendid

Month: June