Diaries of Note

Rabbi Martin Siegel

2nd August 1969

I want to be what I am, not a symbol of what I am
Clara Schumann

1st August 1886

Liszt was a bad composer
Iris Origo

31st July 1939

There is no human being in the world whom he loves and trusts
Chris McCandless

30th July 1992

GREAT JEOPARDY
Dag Hammarskjöld

29th July 1959

Humility
Florence Farmborough

28th July 1916

Our surgeons never flagged
Alice Dunbar-Nelson

27th July 1929

A glorious, wonderful climax
Paula Modersohn-Becker

26th July 1900

If I can paint three good pictures, then I shall go gladly
Harry S. Truman

25th July 1945

The most terrible thing ever discovered
Roi Ottley

24th July 1944

The French coast was torn up
Arthur Munby

23rd July 1861

It’s a man!
Jim Bouton

22nd July 1969

Baseball is not without its charms
Cecil Beaton

21st July 1969

How could such courage be?
Thomas Edison

20th July 1885

Hot weather is the mother of procrastination
John Berryman

19th July 1947

Only work can save me
Hamlin Garland

18th July 1939

A decaying mass of flesh and bone
Eimear O’Callaghan

17th July 1972

Four times I have turned the lights out while writing this
Alexandra Feodorovna

16th July 1918

Grey morning
Lafcadio Hearn

15th July 1891

The Ape of Waters
Jane Goodall

14th July 1960

The home of the chimps
Andrei Tarkovsky

12th July 1970

I’ll have to grow it again
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

11th July 1999

What does it mean if we climb the heights and no one observes it?
Anne Frank

9th July 1942

Our lovely Annex
David Sedaris

8th July 2002

Good work, Clifton
Emma Thompson

7th July 1995

Last day of shoot
Helene Hanff

6th July 1971

BlooOOP, blooOOP
Spalding Gray

5th July 2001

Why me?
H. R. Giger

4th July 1978

The prop department are about to fuck up the spacecraft
Lorraine Hansberry

3rd July 1961

How utterly mad it all is
Tina Brown

2nd July 1990

Donald was the kid who threw cake at the birthday party
Gordon Forbes

1st July 1968

More of London’s madness!

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