11/25/2023 0 Comments Autumn quotes fall![]() “Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain.” That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. “That country where it is always turning late in the year. “On the day the tree bloomed in the fall, when its white apple blossoms fell and covered the ground like snow, it was tradition for the Waverleys to gather in the garden like survivors of some great catastrophe, hugging one another, laughing as they touched faces and arms, making sure they were all okay, grateful to have gotten through it.” “Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn–that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness–that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling.” Containing depth within itself, darkness, something of the grave almost.” “At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth in a smell that is in no way inferior to the smell of the sea, bitter where it borders on taste, and more honeysweet where you feel it touching the first sounds. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. “October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” ![]() “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since last he saw you.” “But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.” Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn’d, Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn’d Have from the forests shook three summers’ pride, “To me, fair friend, you never can be old,įor as you were when first your eye I eyed, “It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.” Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.Īutumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. “Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world,īy their increase, now knows not which is which.” The childing autumn, angry winter, change “Falling autumn leaves gave the air an amber hue as though seen through a jar of honey.”įall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose, “Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” “Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting? Autumn in New York, it spells the thrill of first-nighting.” “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” “And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, and autumn was awakened.” “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” And a time of anticipation, starting the slow slide toward Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a brand new year.įall is also all about gratitude, enjoyment, and sharing your love of the season.“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” A time to appreciate beauty during the short time it’s here. It’s a peaceful time, but it’s also a season of letting go and settling into a slower pace. Why is this season so popular? It’s such an interesting mix of reasons… Autumn is a season of crisp weather, beautiful colors, and warm drinks on cold mornings. And as soon as I wake up on that first crisp morning, I am so ready to surround myself with all things autumn related! Pumpkins, mums, candles, apples, leaves…the house gets all dressed up in fall colors, my favorite coffee mugs get moved to the front of their shelf, and the cozy sweaters and snuggly pjs come out of hiding. It’s no secret that it’s my favorite season.
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