Dry Quote by Michael Ondaatje

The roots of the grass strain, Tighten, the earth is rigid, waits-he is waiting- And suddenly, and all at once, the rain!

— Archibald MacLeish

Just a little rain falling all around The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound Just a little rain, just a little rain…

— Malvina Reynolds

“When it rains,” he says, loud enough so I can hear him, “God be wantin’ us to sit still and take notice.”

— Julie Cantrell

The same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay.

— Amy Grant

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Above his monotonous voice one could hear, now and again, a little wind stray through the drying leaves of the trees. A leaf or…

— Frederic Manning

The rain comes when the wind calls.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, You hear it now, if e'er you can.

— William Wordsworth

“March, rain at the windows, and he had to be up at five the next morning. He listened to the click and patter of…

— Anthony Doerr

“On the leaves, raindrops sparkle like jewels, while the ground releases that fragrance, the scent of wet earth, invigorating and earthy.”

— David Passarelli

I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.

— Karen Hesse

Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall.

— Adelaide Crapsey