63 November Quotes to Celebrate a Month of Winter

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November is a time when winter starts to come into full swing which means there are more chances for family gatherings, holiday parties, and cozy fireside evenings. It’s the month of Thanksgiving, so many people are thankful for the things they have in their lives.

Maybe November is not the most exciting month of the year, but there are some benefits to it. The leaves are changing color, which means that it’s time to enjoy the outdoors and spend quality time with family and friends. The cold weather means that we can stay cozily inside and take care of our health. This is the perfect time to take some time off, relax, and enjoy the holidays.

Here we’ve compiled the list of 63 November quotes that will remind you that the season has changed and it’s time to pull out your sweaters, drink hot cocoa and be thankful for the fall.

Top 63 November Quotes

1. “The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.” — Henry Beston

2. “November is usually such a disagreeable month as if the year had suddenly found out that she was growing old and could do nothing but weep and fret over it.” ~ L.M. Montgomery

3. “No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds—November!” ~ Thomas Hood

4. “November; Crows are approaching – Wounded leaves fall to the ground.” ~ Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

5. “There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life.” ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

6. “Even when November’s sun is low and Winter flaps his fleecy wings, Thy gold among his silvery snow a solace in the sadness brings.” ~ James Rigg

7. “The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears. In Virginia, the late autumn was a lover, still, but a dangerous one.” ~ J. Aleksandr Wootton

8. “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. Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” ~ Cynthia Rylant

9. “November’s sky is chill and drear, / November’s leaf is red and sear.” ~ Sir Walter Scott

10. “How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring!”‒ Edwin Way Teale

11. November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” ~ Sir Walter Scott

12. “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.” ~ E.E. Cummings

13. “And November sad,—a psalm Tender, trustful, full of balm, Thou must breathe in spirits calm.” ~ Caroline May

14. “All Nature mourns, I said, November wild hath torn the fairest pages from her book.” ~ Albert Laighton

15. “The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

16. “Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven.” ~ D. H. Lawrence

17. “Autumn. The greatest show of all times.” ~ Mehmet Murat Idan

18. “In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath its blankets.” ~ Cynthia Rylant

19. November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air — Anne Bosworth Greene

20. “Welcome sweet November, the season of senses and my favorite month of all.” ~ Gregory F. Lenz

21. “October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.” ~ Henry David Thoreau#

22. “November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.” ~ Louisa May Alcott

23. “November. Crows are approaching, wounded leaves fall to the ground.” ~ Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

24. “If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.” ~ Madeleine M. Kunin

25. “November woods are bare and still. November days are bright and good. Life’s noon burns up life’s morning chill. Life’s night rests feet which long have stood.” ~ Helen Fiske Hunt Jackson

26. “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.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

27. “I know that I have died before—once in November.” ~ Anne Sexton

28. “And November sad, – a psalm Tender, trustful, full of balm, Thou must breathe in spirits calm.” ~ Caroline May

29. “1st day of November is a time to say goodbye to Halloween completely and dwell on the more fun vibes.”

30. “Wind warns November’s done with. The blown leaves make bat-shapes, Web-winged and furious.” ~ Sylvia Plath

31. “And November sad, a psalm. Tender, trustful, full of balm. Thou must breathe in spirits calm.” ~ Caroline May

32. “In November, you begin to know how long the winter will be.” ~ Martha Gellhorn

33. “November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” ~ Walter Scott

34. “It is also November. The noons are more laconic and the sunsets sterner and Gibraltar lights make the village foreign.” ~ Emily Dickinson

35. “My lovely November. Have you seen my heart, somewhere in your castle of yellow leaves?” ~ A Waltz for Zizi

36. “The August noon in us works to stave off the November chills.” ~ Ray Bradbury

37. “November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.” ~ Louisa May Alcott

38. “November: The last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure; time to take a risk and do the unexpected.”- Unknown

39. “It is the first day of November, and so, today, someone will die.” ~ Maggie Stiefvater

40. “November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” ~ Sir Walter Scott

41. “I know that I have died before once in November.” ~ Anne Sexton

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

43. “That soft autumnal time, the woodland foliage now is gathered by the wild November blast.” ~ John Howard Bryant

44. “Jam on November took away the worries, It was like tasting summer.” ~ El Fuego

45. “Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.” ~ Oscar Levant

46. “This November there seems to be nothing to say.” ~ Anne Sexton

47. “October’s foliage yellows with his cold. In rattling showers dark November’s rain. From every stormy cloud, descends amain, till keen December’s snows close up the year again.” ~ John Ruskin

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

49. “A September to remember. An October full of splendor. A November to treasure.” ~ Unknown

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

51. “November always seems to me the Norway of the year.” ~ Emily Dickinson

52. “In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.” ~ Martha Gellhorn

53. “November: The last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure;

54. “November wind has a sound different from any other. It is easy to imagine the cave of the winds in some mythical Northland where the winds are born and the gods send them out to conquer the quiet air.” ~ Gladys Taber

55. “November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air.” ~ Anne Bosworth Greene

56. “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.” ~ Charmaine J Forde

57. “The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully.” ~ Henry Rollins

58. “It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.” ~ Maggie Stiefvater

59. “In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.” ~ Cynthia Rylant

60. “November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” ~ Emily Dickinson

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

62. “The river this November afternoon rests in an equipoise of sun and cloud. A glooming light, a gleaming darkness shroud. Its passage. All seems tranquil, all in tune.” ~ Cecil Day-Lewis

63. “There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in each other’s life!” — Mehmet Murat ildan

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