Spring has sprung (or is about to!) and with it comes a renewed sense of joy, hope, and maybe even a little spring cleaning!
I’ve always found there to be something quite magical about Spring, with new life and hopeful beginnings. To celebrate the season, I’ve gathered some of the most beautiful and inspiring literary quotes about spring.
Here are some of my favourite quotes from books that capture the essence of spring.
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
Margaret Atwood
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”
William Shakespeare
“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
Charlotte Brontë
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
Leo Tolstoy
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
Charles Dickens
“That is one good thing about this world… there are always sure to be more springs.”
– L.M Montgomery
“Spring drew on… and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
– Charlotte Bronte
“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.”
Ernest Hemingway
‘Is the spring coming?’ he said. ‘What’s it like?’… ‘It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine, and things pushing up and working under the earth.’
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Summary
From The Secret Garden and Anne of Green Gables, to Hemingway and Tolstoy, these are just a few of my favourite quotes about spring. What’s your favourite? Let us know in the comments!