Autumn Quote by John Burroughs

In New York and New England the sap starts up in the sugar maple the very day the bluebird arrives, and sugar-making begins forthwith.…

— John Burroughs

The sugar maple is remarkable for its clean ankle. The groves of these trees looked like vast forest sheds, their branches stoppingshort at a…

— Henry David Thoreau

Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton court; baseball…

— Katharine Sergeant Angell White

In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to…

— John Burroughs

May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The self-righteous have their fig leaves so tightly bound that they have forgotten the seeping wounds beneath the foliage.

— Mark Lowry

Those hours given over to basking in the glow of an imagined future, of being carried away in streams of promise by a love…

— Mark Strand

In a split second of eternity, everything is changed, transfigured. A few bars of music, rising from an unfamiliar place, a touch of perfection…

— Muriel Barbery

See yonder fire! It is the moon slow rising o'er the eastern hill. It glimmers on the forest tips, and through the dewy foliage…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock which overhangs…

— David Livingstone

My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods. Time will changeit,I'mwellaware, aswinterchangesthetrees. My Love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneatha…

— Emily Bronte

Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There are hearts…

— Victor Hugo