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title: "5 Autumn Soul Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Autumn Soul quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Autumn Soul sayings and thoughts."
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> [Autumn is the very soul of metamorphosis, a time when the world is poised at the door of winter - which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/autumn-is-the-very-soul-of-metamorphosis-a-time-when-the-world-is/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [“But truly, the Autumn Provinces provide the most ideal situation for our program. Autumn is the very soul of metamorphosis, a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/but-truly-the-autumn-provinces-provide-the-most-ideal-situation-for/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [“The autumn will take everything, everything I ever thought or dreamed, everything I did or did not do, spent matches scattered at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-autumn-will-take-everything-everything-i-ever-thought-or-dreamed/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/fernando-pessoa-177_autumn_the-autumn-will-take-everything-everythi_1977208.jpg)

> [Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/delicious-autumn-my-very-soul-is-wedded-to-it-and-if-i-were-a-bird-i/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/george-eliot-84_autumn_delicious-autumn-my-very-soul-is-wedded_2456625.png)

> [Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/delicious-autumn-my-very-soul-is-wedded-to-it/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/george-eliot-84_autumn_delicious-autumn-my-very-soul-is-wedded_2984614.png)

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