Famine Quote by Erin Bow

“She wanted to be the rain, to cover him with moisture, to bring life to his seed.”

— Caris Roane

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

— Sherry Thomas

“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

“It was too soon, too quick, too painful. She couldn't believe this was finally the end.   Appropriately, it was still raining the next morning.”

— T.L. Shreffler

“…the rain was a fine thing. She often preferred it to the warm slant of sun and the clear brilliance of cloudless blue skies.…

— Nora Roberts

“What grasses the horses had left was heavy with dew, as if some passing god had scattered a bag of diamonds over the earth.”

— George R.R. Martin

“In spite of all the farmer's work and worry, he can't reach down to where the seed is slowly transmuted into summer. The earth…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring…

— Markus Zusak

“Great flocks of raindrops swelled and folded, and fell upon her like insects to a feast. She hadn’t thought to bring a raincoat; she…

— J.R. Tompkins

“The rain had ripened all the country around and the roadside grass was luminous and green from the run-off and flowers were in bloom…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Out of a still, clear day, the wind suddenly picked up. It bowed the grass in his direction, unaccountably lifting his spirits and making…

— Nancy Pickard

“She suddenly realized how much she loved the rain; loved the way it seemed like the sky was purging something it held onto; the…

— Abby Slovin