69 Fall Quotes That’ll Make You Want to Jump in a Pile of Leaves

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Ah, can you feel it? That crisp air, the subtle crunch of leaves underfoot, and the undeniable urge to wrap yourself in a chunky knit sweater? 

Yep, fall is here, folks! It’s that magical time of year when Mother Nature puts on her most spectacular show, and we all suddenly become pumpkin spice connoisseurs.

But let’s be real – sometimes words fail us when we try to capture the cozy essence of autumn. That’s where our trusty fall quotes come in handy! 

Get your favorite mug, find a comfy spot by the window, and let’s celebrate the season with words that’ll make you fall in love with fall all over again.

1. “Let our lives be full of thanks & giving.”  – Marcel Proust

2. “Rust is replacing the green, fast, and furiously.” –  Han Lue

3. “The fall season is one against three, and it is still winning.” – Unknown

4. “Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.” – J.K. Rowling

5. “How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs

6. “The only complaint I have about fall is that it passes by so quickly.” – Unknown

7. “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L.M. Montgomery, “Anne of Green Gables”

8. “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” – Oscar Wilde

9. “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.” – George Eliot

10. “Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” – Jim Bishop

11. “It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.” – Sarah Addison Allen, “First Frost”

12. “Autumn teaches us the beauty of letting go. Growth requires release—it’s what the trees do.” – Ka’ala

13. “A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.”– E.E. Cummings

14. If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.” – Victoria Erickson

15. “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” – Henry David Thoreau

16. “Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” – Delia Owens, “Where the Crawdads Sing”

17. “I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.” – Ann Drake

18. “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

19. “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” – Chad Sugg

20. “The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.” – Jane Hirshfield, “The Heat of Autumn”

21. “Some say fall is the season when the leaves change. I say it’s the season when my sweat pants never change.” – Katie Nicole Felton

22. “Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable…the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street…by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.” – Hal Borland

23. “No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” – John Donne

24. “Never jump in a pile of leaves with a wet sucker.” – Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”

25. “Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” – Andrea Gibson

26. “Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.” – Shira Tamir

27. “And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.” – Virginia Woolf

28. “Another fall, another turned page.” – Wallace Stegner

29. “Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” – Samuel Butler

30. “The weather just went from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.” – Unknown

31. “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus

32. “Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees.” – Ernest Dowson, “Autumnal”

33. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Brontë

34. “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” – Stanley Horowitz

35. “I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived.” – Dodinsky

36. “Wild is the music of the autumnal winds amongst the faded woods.” – William Wordsworth

37. “The heart of autumn must have broken here, and poured its treasure upon the leaves.” – Charlotte Bates

38. “And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and autumn was awakened.” – Raquel Franco

39. “Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron, and russet.” – Sharon Kay Penman

40. “Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.” – Rémy de Gourmon

41. “October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.” – Nova S. Blair

42. “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

43. “A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.” – Unknown

44. “Dancing of the autumn leaves on a surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

45. “The tints of autumn…a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.” – John Greenleaf Whittier

46. “Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant

47. “The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late.” — J.L. Carr, “A Month in the Country”

48. “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” — Lauren DeStefano, “Wither”

49. “Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.” — Elizabeth Bowen

50. “Blaze the mountains in the windless Autumn, Frost-clear, blue-nooned, apple-ripening days.” — Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn

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

52. “But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!” — Margaret Junkin Preston

53. “Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year’s end and day’s beginnings.” — Terri Guillemets

54. “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” — Nora Ephron, “You’ve Got Mail”

55. “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”

56. “Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.” — Faith Baldwin

57. “It’s autumn in New York / That brings the promise of new love / Autumn in New York / Is often mingled with pain.” — Ella Fitzgerald, “Autumn in New York”

58. “Autumn, it carries more gold in its hand than all the other seasons.” — Jim Bishop

59. “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the top of a leaf.” — Rabindranath Tagore

60. “Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.” — Truman Capote, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories”

61. “But I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall.” — Frank Sinatra, “Autumn Leaves”

62. “It is a real chill out. The fall crisp comes …” — Gwendolyn Brooks

63. “Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” — William Allingham

64. “Fall is here, hear the yell.” — The White Stripes, “We’re Going to Be Friends”

65. “She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.” — Sarah Addison Allen, “Garden Spells”

66. “Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place / And I can picture it after all these days.” — Taylor Swift, “All Too Well”

67. “Autumn lingered on as if fond of its own perfection.” — Winston Graham, “Ross Poldark”

68. “It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.” — B.C. Forbes

69. “I saw old Autumn in the misty morn. Stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.” — Thomas Hood

We’ve finally crunched through these fall quotes like a pile of crispy leaves, and hopefully, they’ve left you feeling as warm and fuzzy as your favorite scarf.

Whether these quotes made you chuckle, nod in agreement, or reach for your nearest flannel shirt, remember that autumn is more than just a season – it’s a vibe.

Now sip that PSL without shame, and maybe sprinkle one of these quotes into your next conversation. Fall only comes once a year, so we might as well celebrate it with words as colorful as the changing foliage.