Quote by Derek Landy

“It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day…

— Dia Reeves

“Rain fell more steadily now. Grey and unrelenting. Nobody seemed to notice. Rain on the puddles. Rain on the high brickwork. Rain on the…

— Colum McCann

“The rain beat softly upon the shingles, inviting them to drowsiness and sleep. But they dared not yield. The rain was over; and the…

— Kate Chopin

“Have you noticed that the rain stopped the instant I had a roof above me? It will start again now that I'm back out.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Sometimes, in the evenings, a damp, gritty wind blew in the windows from Park Avenue, just as the rush hour traffic was thinning and…

— Donna Tartt

“The clouds blanketed the city, and the rain sounded like bricks hitting the roof. I hope my cat’s not still sleeping up there.
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— Jarod Kintz

“Complains are like the clouds that give no rain no matter how thick they gather.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Rain came down in sheets. It had been a miserable spring. Already he despaired of ever again walking under an unclouded sky.”

— Sherry Thomas

“In the meantime, the place became dilapidated, the wind whistled through the cracked walls, the rain fell through the broken roof, the weeds choked…

— Charles Dickens

“I wish the storm would make even more of a clatter, I wish the roofs would cave in, that spring would never come again,…

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“It almost rained Saturday.The clouds hung low over the farm.The air felt thick.It smelled like rain. In town,the sidewalks got damp, that was all.”

— Karen Hesse