--- title: "12 Gusts Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Gusts quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Gusts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/roland-barthes-1062_grief_i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and_1550648.png" --- > [“I am either lacerated or ill at ease and occasionally subject to gusts of life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and-occasionally-subject-to/) [Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/roland-barthes-1062_grief_i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and_1550648.png) > [Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-kinnan-rawlings/sorrow-was-like-the-wind-it-came-in-gusts/) [Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-kinnan-rawlings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/marjorie-kinnan-rawlings-7697_grieving_sorrow-was-like-the-wind-it-came-in-gust_1706487.jpg) > [The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/the-wind-came-in-languid-gusts-like-whispered-reminders/) [James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/james-franco-2025_reminders_the-wind-came-in-languid-gusts-like-whis_127188.jpg) > [“While the rain continued it had seemed like the murmur of their voices, rising and swelling a little now and then with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/while-the-rain-continued-it-had-seemed-like-the-murmur-of-their/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_rain_while-the-rain-continued-it-had-seemed-l_1904275.jpg) > [“Once the seed of love peneterates deep down and takes its root, it cannot be blown away, even by the immortal gusts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/supriya-kaur-dhaliwal/once-the-seed-of-love-peneterates-deep-down-and-takes-its-root-it/) [Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/supriya-kaur-dhaliwal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/supriya-kaur-dhaliwal-30981_love_once-the-seed-of-love-peneterates-deep-d_261371.jpg) > [There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/there-is-a-great-deal-of-unmapped-country-within-us-which-would-have/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/george-eliot-84_country_there-is-a-great-deal-of-unmapped-countr_2329971.png) > [“In the height of the gusts, in my high position, where the seas did not break, I found myself compelled to cling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/in-the-height-of-the-gusts-in-my-high-position-where-the-seas-did-not/) [Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/jack-london-595_imagery_in-the-height-of-the-gusts-in-my-high-po_2357200.jpg) > [“The skies we slept under were too uncertain for forecasts. They came and went on the moody gusts of the Atlantic, bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-williams/the-skies-we-slept-under-were-too-uncertain-for-forecasts-they-came/) [Niall Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/niall-williams-14177_gusts_the-skies-we-slept-under-were-too-uncert_506373.jpg) > [“Over its waters the willows drooped their long hair, bucking in the gusts as if with sobs. Against the dark surface she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/over-its-waters-the-willows-drooped-their-long-hair-bucking-in-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/anonymous-1_beneath-the-surface_over-its-waters-the-willows-drooped-thei_873020.jpg) > [Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/relatively-mild-gusts-of-wind-blow-some-trees-down-graceful-palm/) [Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/joseph-b-wirthlin-822_anchored_relatively-mild-gusts-of-wind-blow-some_356807.jpg) > [Listen. The trees in this story are stirring, trembling, readjusting themselves. A breeze is coming in gusts off the sea, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-o-farrell/listen-the-trees-in-this-story-are-stirring-trembling-readjusting/) [Maggie O'Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-o-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/maggie-o-farrell-9276_breeze_listen-the-trees-in-this-story-are-stirr_724123.jpg) > [“Scents, patterns of light and shade, winds and hurricanes — all pulsed inwardly through my own sinews and veins: so much so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/scents-patterns-of-light-and-shade-winds-and-hurricanes-all-pulsed/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/simone-de-beauvoir-407_life_scents-patterns-of-light-and-shade-winds_3166668.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gusts/#itemlist", "name": "Gusts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am either lacerated or ill at ease and occasionally subject to gusts of life”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roland Barthes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and-occasionally-subject-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/roland-barthes-1062_grief_i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and_1550648.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/roland-barthes-1062_grief_i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and_1550648.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/roland-barthes-1062_grief_i-am-either-lacerated-or-ill-at-ease-and_1550648.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am either lacerated or ill at ease and occasionally subject to gusts of life” — Roland Barthes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sorrow was like the wind. 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