F. Scott Fitzgerald writes, "Life begins again in the fall."
No truer words have been spoken about this beautiful time of year, when everything feels crisp and brand new.
The heart begins to yearn for that bite in the air like a bite in a crisp caramel apple. The soul begins to warm itself in comforting scents, blankets, and the company of those it finds peace in.
The leaves fall in slow motion, and the hands of the clock become coated in lethargic molasses as if time itself is slowing down to watch the colors change.
Authors, the interpreters of nature, the carpenters of the windows to the soul, have spent lifetimes trying to capture this sensation.
Some of the best quotes are written by those who can perceive nature as just what it is, and here are 10 of the best musings found.
1. Sarah Addison Allen, "First Frost"
“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
2. L.M. Montgomery, "Anne of Green Gables"
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
3. Ernest Hemingway, "A Moveable Feast"
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.”
4. William Cullen Bryant, "Indian Summer"
“Autumn ... the year's last, loveliest smile."
5. Jarod Kintz, "This Is the Best Book I've Ever Written, and It Still Sucks"
“I love like a leaf in the wind. Please, hold your applause until the end of the performance (the last day of fall).”
6. Humbert Wolfe
“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!”
7. Jim Bishop
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
8. Jane Hirshfield, "Autumn"
“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider."
9. Tyler Hojberg
“Fall makes me think that if I fail horribly at this art thing, and then fail horribly with this writing thing, I'll go run a pumpkin patch.”
10. J. Aleksandr Wootton, "The Eighth Square"
“The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears. In Virginia the late autumn was a lover, still, but a dangerous one.”
