Language Quote by Arundhati Roy

“The rain rains”

— Moira Young

“The floods which devastate regions, the fire of the lightning which reduces cities to ashes, the poison of the plague which afflicts provinces, are…

— Frederick the Great

“N-no-o, all that excitement, it wouldn't reach us,' Timosha spoke gloomily. 'We're like the sunken city of Kitezh, living at the bottom of the…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“...and one day the rain would wash them away entirely, the sounds of the dead city and her memories of them, and then the…

— Missouri Williams

“Build your cities proud and high. Lay your sewers. Span your rivers. Work feverishly. Sleep dreamlessly. Sing madly, like the bulbul. Underneath, below the…

— Henry Miller

“Rain in Metro Manila is like a love affair: Short and fleeting; or torrid and flooding with tragic casualties left in its wake.”

— John Pucay

“this native people he lived with, deep in the jungle—their language had dozens of words for rain. Because it was so common to them,…

— Tessa Dare

“Then rain began to fall in an extravagant tantrum. High up in mountain country though we were, every little river became a huge muscled…

— Sebastian Barry

“Rain is the subject of prayer, the kind gesture of saints. Dear City, explain your irreverence: in you, rain is a visitor with nowhere…

— Conchitina Cruz

“This Bitter Language I know your streets, sweet city, I know the demons and angels that flock and roost in your boughs like birds.…

— Elka Cloke

“Whether we like it or not, we are slaves to the hour in all its forms and colours, we are the subjects of heaven…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Resources, waterways, and climatic zones loom so large in their writings that one can almost forget that people have something to do with the…

— William Cronon