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.

About Eric Sloane

Eric Sloane (born Everard Jean Hinrichs) (27 February 1905 – 5 March 1985) was an American landscape painter, illustrator, and author of illustrated books on the cultural history and folklore of America.

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Autumn is my favorite season.

—Johnny Kelly

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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

—Samuel Johnson

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Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

—Robert Browning

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Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

—Elizabeth Bowen

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I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

—Thomas Hood

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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.

About Eric Sloane

More quotations tagged with “autumn”

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