“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” –George Burns

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over. -Gloria Naylor

What is a friend? I will tell you… it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. -Frank Crane

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope, and your courage. -Doe Zantamata

It’s so strange that autumn is so beautiful; yet, everything is dying. -Unknown

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. -Lauren DeStefano

To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall. – Ann Patchett