A Quotes
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“autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.”
Source: Pilgrim's Inn
“Autumn days were often silent; under skies bluer than any other time of the year, and maple trees ablaze in vivid hues, nearly impossible to describe to those not familiar with our Eastern Ontario landscape.”
“Autumn flings her fiery cloak over the sumac, beech and oak.”
Source: Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep
“Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.”
Source: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
“Autumn had lulled the garden to sleep. And its stilled slumber rested in the fact that the garden possessed no concern regarding the demands of the spring ahead as it drew peace from the harvest born of the summer past.”
“Autumn has arrived. I hear it in the whispering of leaves.”
“Autumn has come
and reason has gone.
Yesterday, I sold the sun for you
and tonight the stars are running away from me.
When you first spoke,
you slowly annihilated my world.
Your mouth was like the sea —
in your kisses I sank.
Your hands were like the ocean —
in your caresses I sank.
I ask for no salvation on this moonless night.
I only ask for more Autumn.”
“Autumn has come to northeast Montana. The vapor of one’s breath, the clarity of the stars, the smell of wood smoke, the stones underfoot that even a full day of sunlight won’t warm- these all say there will be no more days that can be mistaken for summer.”
“Autumn in felted slipper shuffles on, Muted yet fiery.--Vita Sackville-West”
“Autumn in my garden is when trees give their tickertape welcome to winter.”
“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?”
“Autumn in the country advances in a predictable path, taking its place among the unyielding rhythms of the passing seasons. It follows the summer harvest, ushering in cooler nights, and shorter days, enveloping all of Lanark County in a spectacular riot of colour. Brilliant hues of yellow, orange and red exclaim, in no uncertain terms, that these are the trees where maple syrup legends are born.”
“Autumn into winter was called Shadowfest, and was the night to predict the future and communicate with the dead. Winter into spring was called the Feast of the Wolf, and was a time to celebrate and make love. Spring into summer was called Lady's Day, and was a time to be handfasted and to dance about the maypole. Summer into autumn was called Cornucopia, when we celebrated the harvest and and enjoyed the fruits of the earth.”
Source: Bitter Greens
“Autumn is a cunning muse who steals by degrees my warmth and light. So distracted by her glorious painting of colors, I scarcely realize my losses until the last fiery leaf has fallen to the ground and the final pumpkin shrinks. Autumn departs with a cold kiss, leaving me to suffer the frigid grasp of winter in prolonged nightfall.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Autumn is a hint from God to Old Age.”
“Autumn is a momentum of the natures golden beauty…, so the same it’s time to find your momentum of life”
“Autumn is a poem - while you fall for everything, you remember that there is something worth dying for.”
“Autumn is a reminder that while the leaves die and fall, there will always be Spring, a chance to replenish and be reborn again. We all have the opportunity to replenish ourselves, to be reborn.”
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
Source: Caligula and Three Other Plays
“Autumn is a visual gift given by nature to raise the morale of human beings who is worried as they enter the dark days of winter!”
“Autumn is an honest month; it does not delude man like spring does! It shows him the dark face of life, the tragedy, the rot, the separation, the sadness!”
“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.”
“Autumn is full of leave-taking.”
“Autumn is full of leave-taking. In September the swallows are chattering of destination and departure like a crowd of tourists.”
“Autumn is here
and I am in love.
My heart has taken residence in my mind.
I pick the crisp ochre leaves
and put them in my pocket.
I am in love.”
“Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.”
“Autumn is my favorite season.”
“Autumn is no time to lie alone”
Source: Tale of Genji
“Autumn is really the best of the seasons”
“Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.”
“Autumn is the American season. In Europe the leaves turn yellow or brown, and fall. Here they take fire on the trees and hang there flaming. We think this frost-fire is a portent somehow: a promise that the continent has given us. Life, too, we think, is capable of taking fire in this country; of creating beauty never seen.”
“Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?”
“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they're falling like they're falling in love with the ground.”
Source: Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
“Autumn is the harvest of greedy death.”
“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)
“Autumn is the place to be - once you fell for everything yet know that there is something worth dying for.”
“Autumn is the Sabbath of the year; the time to think of all the past: nature's calm twilight before the darkness. It does make all men think at times; even the lightest and the worst. The distant days of our springtime, our faded summer, comes over us like a dream. We sit in the evening of our life in tender musings, and all that has been takes shadowy form again, and passes through the thoughts.”
“Autumn is the time of balance and of
sacrifice, a time when the light is defeated by darkness, a time
when night takes over and brings the coming winter. The
ancient wisdom says that those who long for light must face
their inner darkness and overcome it.”
Source: The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham
“Autumn is the time of picturesque tranquility.”
“Autumn is the time of year when Mother Nature says, “Look how easy, how healthy, and how beautiful letting go can be.”
“Autumn is the very soul of metamorphosis, a time when the world is poised at the door of winter - which is the door of death - but has not yet fallen. It is a world of contradictions: a time of harvest and plenty but also of cold and hardship. Here we dwell in the midst of life, but we know most keenly that all things must pass away and shrivel. Autumn turns the world from one thing into another. The year is seasoned and wise but not yet decrepit or senile.”
Source: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
“Autumn leaf waits for autumn wind to reach the unreachable places; wise mind waits for silence for the same reason!”
“Autumn leaves fall from the tree, disappear with the wind, but then reappear on the tree and disappear again. Memories are like that, first they fall off the tree of the mind and disappear, and then they reappear and disappear again!”
“Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place, and I can picture it after all these days.”
“Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.”
Source: The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose
“Autumn love is a glowing dawn on withered trees.”
“Autumn rain, autumn wind, they make one die of sorrow.”
“Autumn resumes the land, ruffles the woods
with smoky wings, entangles them.”
Source: New & Collected Poems, 1952-1992
“Autumn ripens in the summer's ray.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and Critical Dissertations
“Autumn said to me, "You see, the best thing about wrong decisions is that they don't prevent you from making the right decisions later on. It's harder, but it's impossible”
Source: Not That Kind of Girl