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Søren Kierkegaard

4th June 1852

The Difficulty with Our Time
George Gissing

3rd June 1888

Morbidness—is it?
Charlotte Forten

2nd June 1854

Our worst fears are realized
Jean Cocteau

1st June 1946

The film had killed me
Eugène Delacroix

31st May 1824

The century of Voltaire
Éva Heyman

30th May 1944

Dear diary, I don’t want to die
Joseph Banks

29th May 1769

A very wonderfull scene
M.F.K. Fisher

28th May 1940

Why have children or plant trees?
Leonard Michaels

27th May 1978

The power of language can make people crazy
Duff Cooper

26th May 1920

Diana forgot to steer
Susan Sontag

25th May 1949

God, living is enormous!
Tchaikovsky

24th May 1891

A disgusting day!
Monty Don

23rd May 2003

When I die I shall go to May
Edward Robb Ellis

22nd May 1973

We are in the grip of Watergate
Edith Wharton

21st May 1908

I have drunk of the wine of life at last
Emily Shore

20th May 1835

Nothing can be less beautiful than the first sight of London
Henri-Frédéric Amiel

19th May 1880

In the world, yet not in it
George Crabbe

18th May 1780

It’s the vilest thing in the world to have but one coat
Hilda Bernstein

17th May 1960

I found myself nervous and tense to the point of tears
P. D. James

16th May 1998

The air crackled with a mixture of excitement and tension
Alan Bennett

15th May 1993

Only in Yorkshire
Marie Curie

14th May 1906

I no longer love the sun or the flowers
Edna St. Vincent Millay

13th May 1933

Oh God, it was awful
Che Guevara

12th May 1967

A veritable organ concert
Carolina Maria de Jesus

11th May 1958

Today is Mother’s Day
Natascha McElhone

10th May 2009

How lucky were we?
Lute Jerstad

9th May 1963

This tedious battle against the mountain is almost over
Frida Kahlo

8th May 1953

I fell on the flagstones
Gail Godwin

7th May 1965

Almost flying apart at the seams
Michael Palin

6th May 1977

They have to fight an eagle on the top of the Empire State Building
Vita Sackville-West

5th May 1920

I long for vigour and clear thought, but only meet with chaos