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.

Moonlight is sculpture.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sunlight is painting.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the next voyage of the Mayflower, after she carried the Pilgrims, she was employed in transporting a cargo of slaves from Africa.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

—Henry Beston

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

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

—Edwin Teale

Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.

—David Letterman