Autumn, Eric Sloane

A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.

- Eric Sloane (1905-1985)

Autumn, P. D. James

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

- P. D. James (1920- ), [A Taste for Death Published 1986. Page 373]

May, Love

He has a very hard heart that does not love in May.

- French Proverb

Winter, Willa Cather

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

- Willa Cather (1873-1947)

Autumn, Nathaniel Hawthorne

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Life, Hellenic Proverb

It will not always be summer.

- Hellenic Proverb