Quote by Hal Borland
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night; and thus he would never know the rhythms that are at the heart of life. – Hal Borland

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For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, and the denial falters in the face of evidence on every hand. In every tuft of grass, in every bird, in every opening bud, there it is. – Hal Borland

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Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it – Hal Borland

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There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things. – Hal Borland

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I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it. – Lee Maynard

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