By michael vivar
In much of the United States, the end of September marks a contemplative, transitional period that has generated some poignant and poetic quotes.
"And then the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and autumn awakened."
"Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer."
"September showed up right on schedule and lasted a whole month."."
"It's the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!"
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
"It was a lovely afternoon - such an afternoon as only September can produce when summer has stolen back for one more day of dream and glamor."
"Everyone must make time to sit and watch the leaves change."
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost."
“Indian summer is like a woman. Ripe, hotly passionate but fickle, she comes and goes as she pleases so that one is never sure whether she will come at all, nor for how long she will stay."
"Fallen leaves on the ground are the golden song of immortal creativity."