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Quotes About Transition

The change always comes about mid-August, and it always catches me by surprise. I mean the day when I know that summer is fraying at the edges, that September isn't far off and fall is just over the hill or up the valley.
~ Hal Borland
Besides the autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of the haze...
~ Emily Dickinson
Autumn is the season of change.
~ Taoist Proverb
There are two times of year: autumn and waiting for autumn.
~ Internet meme
...the world reveals itself in its true dimensions in the Autumn...
~ Hal Borland
"I'm dreading fall. It is a terrifying season," he says... "Everything shriveling up and dying." I don't know how to answer. 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. I've never thought to be frightened of it.
~ Lauren DeStefano, Wither
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day! Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn tree...
~ Emily Bronte
shorter days seem a little ominous shadows are becoming autumn'ish
~ Terri Guillemets
Autumn is the hush before winter.
~ French proverb
Autumn is Spring turned antique.
~ Terri Guillemets
in the wheel of Earth's years we watch as Autumn's clock tick-tocks in tiny goldenrod September petal'd seconds frosty trees bleed scarlet hours through veins of October leaves amber minutes wither and fall drifting in November's breeze and the silent strike of midwinter turns December's snowflake gears
~ Terri Guillemets
The edge of autumn frosts with winter's chilled breath.
~ Terri Guillemets
Autumn leaves blaze their swan song of colors and wait for Winter to wipe the slate clean.
~ Terri Guillemets
Winter dies into the spring, to be born again in the autumn.
~ Terri Guillemets
Autumn will come whether or not you enjoyed summer.
~ Terri Guillemets
Leaves, questioned by winter, fall.
~ Terri Guillemets
In the desert, the slow quiet entrance of autumn is like breathing a sigh of relief — exhaling all the hot, stifling air built up over summer.
~ Terri Guillemets
We want it to stay, but autumn always leaves. Beautifully.
~ Terri Guillemets
When you're used to hearing purring and suddenly it's gone, it's hard to silence the blaring sound of sadness.
~ Terri Guillemets
There were no violins or warning bells... no sense that my little life was about to change. But we never know, do we? Life turns on a dime.
~ Stephen King, 11/22/63, 2011
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.
~ Author Unknown
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
~ Chinese proverb
If we gaze at the clouds, then close our eyes for a few minutes, then re-open them and the clouds are different, we don't freak out about it. So, why do we worry when things shift and change in our lives? New day, new sky, every moment too.
~ Terri Guillemets
We may as well make friends with Change — the instant the Moon is full it's already starting to wane
~ Terri Guillemets