On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Martin Chuzzlewit<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Charles Dickens<\/a><\/p>\n It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Washington Irving<\/a><\/p>\n The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance–all strewn with crumpled playbills.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Turn of the Screw<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Henry James<\/a><\/p>\n He lowered the window, and looked out at the rising sun. There was a ridge of ploughed land, with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses were unyoked; beyond, a quiet coppice-wood, in which many leaves of burning red and golden yellow still remained upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0A Tale of Two Cities<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Charles Dickens<\/a><\/p>\n Today is the first day of autumn. To mark the day, here’s a fun collection of five autumnal quotes from literature. “Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is …<\/span> <\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[95,473,825,306,303,826,641,339,105,340],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everything-else","tag-a-tale-of-two-cities","tag-autumn-quotes","tag-charles-dickens","tag-henry-james","tag-martin-chuzzlewit","tag-sir-arthur-conan-doyle","tag-the-adventure-of-the-noble-bachelor","tag-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow","tag-the-turn-of-the-screw","tag-washington-irving"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t![\"Autumn](\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/101407_gardens_s.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAutumn Quotes from Literature<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"