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“Outside, it was cool and still, the sky a hazy shade of white peculiar to autumn mornings...”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“The night had made a sharp difference in the weather and there was an autumn flavor in the air.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“But in his face I see, at last, how much I want her.”
― Sarah Waters, Fingersmith

“Always it was the same, Furlong thought; always they carried mechanically on without pause, to the next job at hand. What would life be like, he wondered, if they were given time to think and reflect over things? Might their lives be different or much the same – or would they just lose the run of themselves?”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These