Autumn quotes to get you in that fall mood

Pumpkin spice is everywhere. Kids are back in school. Labor Day, the last hurrah of summer, is over which means fall is near. Get in the mood with these lovely, cozy autumn quotes.

Autumn quotes

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“The torchlit garden was redolent with the colors and scents of autumn… gold and copper foliage, thick borders of roses and dahlias, flowering grasses and beds of fresh mulch that made the air pleasantly pungent.”
― Lisa Kleypas, It Happened One Autumn

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“The dust was antique spice, burnt maple leaves, a prickling blue that teemed and sifted to earth. Swarming its own shadows, the dust filtered over the tents.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

“It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“He couldn’t stop smelling the air in great, deep, loud sniffs. It was so delicious. It smelled of water, and mud, and maple trees, and autumn.”
― Elizabeth Enright, The Four-Story Mistake

“It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows