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But in October what a feast to the eye our woods and groves presen

But in October what a feast to the eye our woods and groves present! The whole body of the air seems enriched by their calm, slow radiance. They are giving back the light they have been absorbing from the sun all summer. – John Burroughs (1837–1921), “The Falling Leaves,” Under the Maples

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Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul… but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October. – Peggy Toney Horton

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October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book. – John Sinor (1930–1996), in San Diego Union-Tribune

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For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea of adjectives about October. – Hal Borland, c.1961

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October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again. – Hal Borland (1900–1978)

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Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We neednt destroy other cultures with the force of our own. – Arthur Erickson

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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin

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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. – Walter Scott

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