“When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer.” FirstsWantedJobsOne ThingProfessionAutumn Book:My Generation: Collected Nonfiction Source: My Generation: Collected Nonfiction
“September is the time to begin again. In the country, when I could smell the wood-smoke in the forest, and the curtains could be drawn when the tea came in, on the first autumn evening, I always felt that my season of good luck had come.” FirstsCountryFeltSeasonsLuckWoodsSmellForestsEveningSmokeTeaAutumnSeptemberCurtainsGood LuckBegin Again Book:More Was Lost: A Memoir Source: More Was Lost: A Memoir
“When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating ground.” FirstsFallSpaceStaringAutumnFrostFall SeasonOctober And Fall Book:Dickinson Source: Dickinson
“This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.” FirstsHumansCountrySpiritSidesPerfectAirFlowerLateSummerEnglandStealingShouldersFlightHeatAutumnLeafsSpyAugustCloaksNew EnglandSummertimeSummer DaysRipeningSummer SunSummer GardenSummer InspirationalLeaves And FlowersLate Summer Author:Sarah Orne Jewett