Quotes on Fall

Tuesday, October 12, 2010


Photographer: Ian Britton

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. ~Edwin Way Teale

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!
~Thomas Hood, "No!"

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne

Besides the autumn poets sing,
A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow
And that side of the haze.
~Emily Dickinson

October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter. ~Nova Bair


Aimee said...

Great quotes! Fall is my favorite season!!

Aimee said...

Great quotes! Fall is my favorite season!!

Michelle @Flying Giggles said...

I love the quotes. Spring is my favorite season, followed by fall!

Liz Mays said...

I agree...the other seasons have NOTHING on fall! ;)

sheila said...

Oooooooo love these! And I'll leave a comment here about your wordless wednesday post.....LOVE IT! lol, what a cute n crazy bunch!

(bloggers having issues today, sorry about 1 comment for 2 posts)

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