--- title: "25 Dead Leaves Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 25 Dead Leaves quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Dead Leaves sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/zachary-schomburg-44309_trees_when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-stil_3056914.jpg" --- > [“...when he walks, he sounds like a tree still full of dead leaves holding on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-schomburg/when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-still-full-of-dead-leaves-holding/) [Zachary Schomburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-schomburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/zachary-schomburg-44309_trees_when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-stil_3056914.jpg) > [“The minutes I had left with him fall away like dead leaves pulled from branches.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-away-like-dead-leaves-pulled/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-awa_2876876.png) > [Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-drop/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/rumi-56_funny_be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-d_3006516.jpg) > [“The dusk smelled like dead leaves and far off fires”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/the-dusk-smelled-like-dead-leaves-and-far-off-fires/) [V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/v-e-schwab-2-31243_fire_the-dusk-smelled-like-dead-leaves-and-fa_1394638.jpg) > [“The dead leaves fly. They're cropped and gathered to the rich barn of the earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-crace/the-dead-leaves-fly-they-re-cropped-and-gathered-to-the-rich-barn-of/) [Jim Crace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-crace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jim-crace-28250_nature_the-dead-leaves-fly-they-re-cropped-and_2052841.png) > [It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/it-is-not-everyone-said-elinor-who-has-your-passion-for-dead-leaves/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/jane-austen-39_flower_it-is-not-everyone-said-elinor-who-has-y_3046385.jpg) > [“Be like a tree, Let the dead leaves Drop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-like-a-tree-let-the-dead-leaves-drop/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/rumi-56_trees_be-like-a-tree-let-the-dead-leaves-drop_382706.jpg) > [“As the future ripens in the past... a terrible festival of dead leaves”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-ahkmatova/as-the-future-ripens-in-the-past-a-terrible-festival-of-dead-leaves/) [Anna Ahkmatova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-ahkmatova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/anna-ahkmatova-102847_time_as-the-future-ripens-in-the-past-a-terri_1004473.jpg) > [“You can’t speak life to others if you don’t know how to speak life to yourself. Dead leaves can’t breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemi-sogunle/you-can-t-speak-life-to-others-if-you-don-t-know-how-to-speak-life-to/) [Kemi Sogunle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemi-sogunle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/kemi-sogunle-38138_healing_you-can-t-speak-life-to-others-if-you-do_3034239.jpg) > [“As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/as-only-dead-leaves-allow-the-wind-to-blow-them-to-and-fro-never/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/matshona-dhliwayo-52_be-independent_as-only-dead-leaves-allow-the-wind-to-bl_2558757.jpg) > [Am like a tree I shed off dead leaves. Put away excess baggage because it can easily become garbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-matobo/am-like-a-tree-i-shed-off-dead-leaves-put-away-excess-baggage-because/) [Frank Matobo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-matobo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/frank-matobo-2303_baggage_am-like-a-tree-i-shed-off-dead-leaves-pu_2287102.jpg) > [Photos are profound because they have such short lives. They are more like fingerprints, dead leaves, rain puddles, or the corpses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/photos-are-profound-because-they-have-such-short-lives-they-are-more/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/tom-waits-916_corpses_photos-are-profound-because-they-have-su_118825.jpg) > [Those who think fallen leaves are dead leaves haven't seen them dancing on a windy day ¥](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/those-who-think-fallen-leaves-are-dead-leaves-haven-t-seen-them/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/anonymous-1_fallen-leaves_those-who-think-fallen-leaves-are-dead-l_2668550.jpg) > [“My memories are like coins in the devil's purse: when you open it you find only dead leaves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/my-memories-are-like-coins-in-the-devil-s-purse-when-you-open-it-you/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/jean-paul-sartre-220_memories_my-memories-are-like-coins-in-the-devil_1116093.png) > [I’m in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-m-in-a-shallow-hole-not-filled-with-the-humming-orange-bubbles-of/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/suzanne-collins-60_bubbles_i-m-in-a-shallow-hole-not-filled-with-th_566689.jpg) > [As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future -- a terrible festival of dead leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-akhmatova/as-the-future-ripens-in-the-past-so-the-past-rots-in-the-future-a/) [Anna Akhmatova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-akhmatova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/anna-akhmatova-3933_festivals_as-the-future-ripens-in-the-past-so-the_2836971.jpg) > [“There is a rustle of dead leaves. Dried sap, a branch crack, the whirring teeth of Mr. Omaru's saw. My father--my real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/there-is-a-rustle-of-dead-leaves-dried-sap-a-branch-crack-the/) [Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/karen-russell-1697_family_there-is-a-rustle-of-dead-leaves-dried-s_1165736.png) > [“Unlike the bough that shook off her dead leaves violently like a wet terrier, unlike the beating of the butterfly, her wings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-atbay/unlike-the-bough-that-shook-off-her-dead-leaves-violently-like-a-wet/) [V.S. Atbay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-atbay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/v-s-atbay-63493_dreams_unlike-the-bough-that-shook-off-her-dead_1492248.jpg) > [“This sun and blue sky were only a snare. This is the hundredth time I've let myself be caught. My memories are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/this-sun-and-blue-sky-were-only-a-snare-this-is-the-hundredth-time-i/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/jean-paul-sartre-220_blue-sky_this-sun-and-blue-sky-were-only-a-snare_3124883.png) > [The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/the-cities-swept-about-me-like-dead-leaves-leaves-that-were-brightly/) [Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/tennessee-williams-745_branches_the-cities-swept-about-me-like-dead-leav_2431084.png) > [The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind in never weary; The vine still clings to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-day-is-cold-and-dark-and-dreary-it-rains-and-the-wind-in-never/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_cold_the-day-is-cold-and-dark-and-dreary-it-r_194708.jpg) > [“Dear, dear Norland,' said Elinor, 'probably looks much as it always does at this time of year. The woods and walks thickly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/dear-dear-norland-said-elinor-probably-looks-much-as-it-always-does/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/jane-austen-39_jane-austen_dear-dear-norland-said-elinor-probably-l_2424241.jpg) > [The trees change their voices in autumn as well as their shapes. No longer do they whisper to one another in muffled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/the-trees-change-their-voices-in-autumn-as-well-as-their-shapes-no/) [Patience Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patience-strong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/patience-strong-25301_air_the-trees-change-their-voices-in-autumn_10314.jpg) > [“Reluctance Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/reluctance-out-through-the-fields-and-the-woods-and-over-the-walls-i/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/robert-frost-371_autumn_reluctance-out-through-the-fields-and-th_2408074.jpg) > [“We too, like trees can shake off our dead leaves and begin again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-y-greyson/we-too-like-trees-can-shake-off-our-dead-leaves-and-begin-again/) [A.Y. Greyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-y-greyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/a-y-greyson-42841_inspirational-poetry_we-too-like-trees-can-shake-off-our-dead_1279793.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-leaves/#itemlist", "name": "Dead Leaves Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...when he walks, he sounds like a tree still full of dead leaves holding on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zachary Schomburg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-schomburg/when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-still-full-of-dead-leaves-holding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/zachary-schomburg-44309_trees_when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-stil_3056914.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/zachary-schomburg-44309_trees_when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-stil_3056914.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/zachary-schomburg-44309_trees_when-he-walks-he-sounds-like-a-tree-stil_3056914.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...when he walks, he sounds like a tree still full of dead leaves holding on.” — Zachary Schomburg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The minutes I had left with him fall away like dead leaves pulled from branches.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-away-like-dead-leaves-pulled/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-awa_2876876.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-awa_2876876.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_the-minutes-i-had-left-with-him-fall-awa_2876876.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The minutes I had left with him fall away like dead leaves pulled from branches.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-drop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/rumi-56_funny_be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-d_3006516.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/rumi-56_funny_be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-d_3006516.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/rumi-56_funny_be-like-a-tree-and-let-the-dead-leaves-d_3006516.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The dusk smelled like dead leaves and far off fires”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "V. 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