Hello, November! It's time to bring on all the coziness. The weather has finally turned a bit cold, you might be able to still catch some reds, yellows, and oranges outside, and all the Thanksgiving feasting is right around the corner. To capture all the good things this month holds, we rounded up 40 November quotes for you below.
You're sure to find the short quotes to follow inspirational and full of love for this time of year. Whatever ones speak to you most can make great captions for your November-y Instagram posts with photos of your favorite fall flowers, those comforting fall soups you cook up, or your extra photogenic Thanksgiving side dishes. From the first to the last day of November, you're sure to find a quote that resonates with what seasonal feels you have that day. Now take some time to slow down and savor all the November goodness before the December holiday craziness begins!
“Fear not November’s challenge bold. We’ve books and friends, and hearths that never can grow cold. These make amends.”
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William Cullen Bryant
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“Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.”
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Cynthia Rylant
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“In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures.”
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Cynthia Rylant
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“In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog.”
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Terri Guillemets
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“Autumn is springtime in reverse.”
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Aleksandr Wootton
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“The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears.”
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Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
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“November. Crows are approaching, wounded leaves fall to the ground.”
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John Burroughs
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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”
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John Howard Bryant
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“That soft autumnal time, the woodland foliage now is gathered by the wild November blast.”
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
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“There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life.”
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Rainbow Rowell
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“It was the best kind of November day. Cold and crisp, but not quite freezing, not icy.”
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Stanley Horowitz
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“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
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Edwin Way Teale
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“How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.”
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Clyde Watson
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“November comes, and November goes. With the last red berries and the first white snows.”
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Henry Rollins
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“I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures.”
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E. E. Cummings
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“Peering from some high window, at the gold of November sunset and feeling that if day has to become night, this is a beautiful way.”
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November."
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Henry David Thoreau
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"The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of. The mite which November contributes becomes equal in value to the bounty of July."
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Sarah Addison Allen
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“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
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John Clare
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“So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, and now the morn quite hides in the smoke and haze; the place we occupy seems all the world.”
Maribeth B Jones is the Design Director of Country Living where she creates seasonal content full of warmth and playfulness. When she’s not wrangling chickens for a cover shoot you can find her collecting vintage oil portraits or flipping pancakes in her sunny, yellow kitchen with her two chatty daughters.