J. G. Ballard

I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.

Karel Jonckheere

Carolus Joannes Baptista Jonckheere: (Ostend, 9 April 1906 – Rijmenam, 13 December 1993) Flemish author. The versatile Jonckheere wrote poetic, later full of irony, novellas and travel stories, as well as poems, essays and reviews. Words should only serve to enhance the silence. Abstract words kill dreams of reality.

Bonaro W. Overstreet

Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet: (30 October 1902 – 3 September 1985). American author, poet, psychologist, and lecturer. With her husband, Harry Allen Overstreet, she lectured widely and co-wrote a number of books. October is a symphony of permanence and change. Autumn leaves are a symphony of sustainability in change.

Rainbow Rowell

October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!

Katherine Arden

You don’t waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets, and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow.