24 November Quotes That Will Make You Thankful for Fall

The frenzy of fall has subsided. You've carved pumpkins, planted fall flowers, and pulled out your cozy sweaters. You've polished off the last of your Halloween candy, and now you get to take a deep breath of crisp air and settle into November—the very best month of autumn. It's a holiday month, but instead of the hurried rush (not to mention shopping for all those presents!) of Christmas, you get to spend time with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving traditions and take a moment to reflect on all that makes you grateful. Enjoy this month to the fullest! Go outside and enjoy the perfect temperatures of November—because all too soon snow and frost will invade. Take a trip to an apple orchard, corn maze, or a local fall festival. Maybe pack a fall soup in a thermos and turn your outing into a picnic.

Once you're ready to start perfecting your Thanksgiving side dishes (Sorry, turkey, sides are everyone's favorite part!), maybe memorize fun Thanksgiving facts to wow your friends and family. If you're feeling spontaneous this year and want to take a trip to the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade or visit one of the best Thanksgiving towns. If you're hosting Thanksgiving (or maybe a Friendsgiving!), whip up an easy fall centerpiece for your table. There are endless ways to celebrate the peak of fall, including these 20 quotes to get you in the spirit.

"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."

"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."

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”

“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.”

“Don't wait until the fourth Thursday in November, to sit with family and friends to give thanks.

Make every day a day of Thanksgiving!”

“Welcome sweet November, the season of senses and my favorite month of all.”

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”

“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.”

“Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.”

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."

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

“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.”

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

“November always seems to me the Norway of the year.”

“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.”

"The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the wind hurries on... A tree tries to argue, bare limbs waving, but there is no detaining the wind."

“November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air.”

“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.”

“Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moon rise.”

“But there is always a November space after the leaves have fallen when she felt it was almost indecent to intrude on the woods…for their glory terrestrial had departed and their glory celestial of spirit and purity and whiteness had not yet come upon them.”

“Have you seen my heart, somewhere in your castle of yellow leaves?”

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.”

“Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven.”