Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. – Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh [written in the context of aging —t&#9

If you stand still outside you can hear it… Winter’s footsteps, the sound of falling leaves. – Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo video game) written by Takayuki Ikkaku, Ar

[O]n hill and valley and stream, is lain the spell of silence; and the deep stillness of the air is unbroken… – Elizabeth J. Eames, “An Autumn Reverie,” October 1840