Elizabeth George Speare

"After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the earth with mellow warmth."

- Elizabeth George Speare

"In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible."

- Elizabeth George Speare

"After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her."

- Elizabeth George Speare