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There’s something about the way the world comes alive again – the flowers, the sunlight, the breeze – it just fills me with so much joy. 

It’s like everything is full of promise and possibility. 

So, I thought I’d share a collection of quotes from poems, books, and screenplays that really capture the magic of this season. 

I’ve included a mix of funny little moments and sweet romantic lines, because, honestly, spring can be both playful and dreamy. 

For me, spring always makes me feel like anything’s possible, and I hope these quotes remind you of that feeling too.

Best Funny Spring Literary Quotes

1. “It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” – A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain

2. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. Now, gentlemen, this is the point where spring will make you want to yell ‘Carpe Diem!’ – but please don’t do it in a meadow full of allergies.” – Dead Poets Society, by Tom Schulman

3. “It was one of those days in March when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade. And it’s probably the only time your wardrobe decisions will be so thoroughly mocked by Mother Nature.” – Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery

4. “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’ Except the party is hosted by flowers, bees, and that one overly eager robin at 5 AM.” – The Luck of the Bodkins, by P.G. Wodehouse

5. “April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks ‘Go!’ But the pollen insists on ‘Stop and sneeze!’” – Collected Poems, by Edith Sitwell

6. “Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush.” – Walden, by Henry David Thoreau

7. “Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! Just like waiting for spring’s flowers and forgetting the mudslides.” – Emma, by Jane Austen

8. “Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade, and you’re never dressed correctly for either.” – Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

10. “Spring came, and the wind changed its tune. It was a sharp tune, mind you, as if it wanted to remind everyone who’s boss before the daffodils got too smug.” – Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett

Short Spring Literary Quotes

1. “Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

2. “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Hamatreya by Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?” – Country Chronicle by Neltje Blanchan

4. “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Bluebeard’s Egg by Margaret Atwood

5. “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

7. “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” – Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare

8. “The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

9. “Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment.” – The Enchanted April by Ellis Peters

10. “Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” – Springtime Inspirations by Virgil A. Kraft

Most Romantic Spring Literary Quotes

1. “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” – Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

2. “If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.” – Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

3. “The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.” – The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

5. “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.” – A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

6. “In springtime, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out for flying passion or kisses whizzing past your head.” – Spring Fever by P.G. Wodehouse

7. “I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” – Every Day You Play by Pablo Neruda

8. “Is the spring coming? What is it like? It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine.” – The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

9. “She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow head, and whispered to her neighbor: ‘Winter is dead.’” – When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne

11. “In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” – Locksley Hall by Alfred Lord Tennyson

12. “The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.” – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

If you’re looking for more posts that celebrate the seasons, be sure to check out my related posts for more inspiration! 

And don’t forget, I’d love to hear from you in the comments – what do you love most about spring? 

Feel free to share your thoughts, and let’s keep the springtime conversation going!