Slow down and take the time to enjoy the gloriosity of this season! With love, Fran
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
Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
Samuel Butler
Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
Elizabeth Lawrence
October is a symphony of permanence and change.
Bonaro W. Overstreet
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
Elizabeth Lawrence
A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
E. E. Cummings
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn.
Emily Bronte
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
Stanley Horowitz
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Faith Baldwin
No Spring nor Summer Beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one Autumnal face.
John Donne
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir
In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November.
Rose G. Kingsley
I’ve never known anyone yet who doesn’t suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around… We’re all eight years old again and anything is possible.
Sue Grafton
Every season hath its pleasures;
Spring may boast her flowery prime,
Yet the vineyard’s ruby treasures
Brighten Autumn’s sob’rer time.
Thomas Moore
In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November.
Rose G. Kingsley
Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
Autumn arrives early in the morning but spring at the close of the day.
Elizabeth Bowen
There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Percy Bysshe Shelley
All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Autumn wins you best by this, its mute
Appeal to sympathy for its decay.
Robert Browning
How beautiful leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
John Burrough
Autumn asks that we prepare for the future —that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks that we learn to let go—to acknowledge the beauty of sparseness. Bonaro W. Overstreet
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Hi Fran,
So nice! I do love the change of the weather in the fall. The air is crisp and the leaves are so pretty when they fall and change color. The quotes are all great, but my favorite is “Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” – William Cullen Bryant
Take and enjoy!
Cathy-Although the days have gotten shorter here in Israel, I can’t wait to get back to Philadelphia next month to smell the air, and experience the beauty of the fall colors and landscape. Fran
Absolutely beautiful. Each quote is lovely! Autumn always makes me think of new beginnings and all sorts of wonderful stuff! Thanks!
Vidya- I can imagine you cooking up some delicious fall dishes. xxoo-Fran
Thank you for these beautiful quotes Fran! I love the John Muir one and the one below be Rose Kingsley. I have to agree about daffodil time!! We drove all through Colorado last weekend and saw the changing of the Aspen trees, most yellow but many reds and oranges this years too. I may have to borrow a few quotes and put them with my pictures.
Betsy- I love aspen trees. When I used to go to Santa Fe in the fall, they were magical. I know how connected and sensitive you are to nature so driving through Colorado last weekend must have been a feast for your eyes. Fran
‘Natures peace’ definitely flowed my way as I read this Fran. So beautiful. Thank you for nourishing my soul.
Love Elle
xoxo
Elle-I hope you’re feeling better. As you already know, I’m a big fan of quotes…..and the change of seasons is always a time of reflection for me. Am glad you found them nourishing for your soul. xxoo-Fran
Thankyou Fran,
some lovely phrases here
be good to yourself
David
David- It’s always a pleasure to see your face here. Fran
I love John Muir Park in CA! Love it. There are no leaves fallin’ in Scottsdale but I think I’ll go to Sedona this weekend and catch it there. Also it’s cool enough in the mornings now to be able to hike again. Lovin’ it. xo
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir
Tess- No leaves falling in Tel Aviv either. Can’t wait to get back to Philly in October to ‘taste’ autumn – the smells, sights, sounds, and feel of the air make my heart sing. Spring used to be my fave but as I’ve gotten older, fall is #1 in my book.
Thanks for that beautiful quote from John Muir. It is magnificent. xxoo-Fran
Here in Ireland it’s felt like autumn or fall since May! But I can now getting into the mood for fall with your wonderful list of quotes. They really capture the essence of this wonderful time of year.
Thanks Fran!
Carolyn – I always think of Ireland as so green with the magnificent light embracing the rounded hills. But I don’t live there – it was only during a visit that I experienced such weather.
I can’t wait to get back to Philly in October to breathe the robust fall that blankets all of the East coast in the U.S.
With your sensitivity, I know that you’ll find the beauty in fall. 🙂 Fran
How uplifting. Sometimes I feel a bit melancholy in the fall. The daylight fades. But you have helped me fall in love with this season. Thank you!
Galen- You raise an EXCELLENT point. Studies have shown that in October when the days become increasingly shorter, there is a higher incidence of depression. I forgot what it’s called. As a matter of fact, I am quite sure that I did experience it for years. I don’t know at what point that changed – I can’t say that it had something to do with extending the life of my garden into fall but perhaps. You know – you might want to look at some gardening magazines or books with dazzling fall gardens. I used to sit in a chair at Barnes and Nobles with a cup of coffee and peruse through them. Afterwards, I felt inspired. Thanks for your thoughts. Fran
I discovered your website by accident, but fell in love with the quotes. I am a desert transplant to Colorado and have thoroughly enjoyed the beauties of a real fall. Truly, as Elizabeth Lawrence wrote, “Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” What an inspirational thought. Thank you for gathering these for our enjoyment!
Your site is now in my favorites!
Joni-
What a delicious way for me to start my day! Ahhh- you lucky lady moving from the desert to Colorado. Are you in an area ensconced with Aspen trees? They are one of my favorites. I am living in the desert now (Israel) and am a transplant from Philadelphia. I can’t wait to return to Philly in October to spend time seeing, smelling, and touching the magnificence of the fall there.
Thanks for your kind thoughts. They mean a lot to me. Fran
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Thanks for your kind words. An glad you enjoyed! Fran
These are beautiful, but your Emily Dickinson quote is actually from “Fall, Leaves, Fall” by Emily Brontë.
Toby- Thanks for that correction. Will check it out and make change. Fran
Quotes are really good.
Very much apt for autumn
Brings the true feeling and excitement of autumn
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Am glad you enjoyed them!
Interesting quotes… beautiful… thanks for sharing.
With pleasure Prathyu. Hope you are having a beautiful fall season so far. Fran