"Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me……" — Eva Ibbotson

"Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.' She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall."

— Eva Ibbotson

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Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. — Nick Cave
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. — William Allingham
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. — Backseat Goodbye
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