When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally

“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Every drop of rain hits its appointed target.

— John Newton

No matter how strong the storm, how hard the rain and how vicious the wind there is always a gap in the clouds for…

— Ben Greenhalgh

The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our…

— Jim Wright

Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse…

— Ed Begley, Jr

He will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the dry grass, on the olive leaves.

— Michael Ondaatje

“It's our rain, Beth.”

— Katie McGarry

“A flower needs the rain to grow just as much as it needs the sunshine.”

— Teresa Mummert

“The next forty-five minutes in that office was about as much fun as a day at Disney World—when it’s pouring rain. And all there…

— James Patterson

The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand…

— Paula Modersohn-Becker

He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her full on the mouth. His skin was wet with rain. When she didn't pull…

— Cornelia Funke

Joel Lane documents a life we don’t quite live, in a city we can’t quite find: half glimpsed and half imagined, we know it’s…

— Chaz Brenchley

Yes, Brazil, like the whole world, stands to lose a lot in a climate-altered world. But it's also one of the major forces determining…

— Gisele Bundchen

I love walking in rain coz no one knows that I m crying…

— Idreesbhat

Fortunately, like most children, I had learned what is most valuable, most indispensable for life before school years began, taught by apple trees, by…

— Hermann Hesse