“Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. Will smell smoke then, and feel an unsuspected sharpness, a thrill of nervous, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.Thomas Wolfe
“Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night; and thus he would never know the rhythms that are at the heart of life.Hal Borland
“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather, And autumn's best of cheer.Helen Hunt Jackson