California Quote by Mouloud Benzadi

London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

— Bayard Taylor

“Nonstop sunny days would be boring. We need the gloom to highlight the highs.”

— Jarod Kintz

“London is actually a beautiful place when the weather's good; the mood is lighter and everybody's smiling. But for the other 350 days a…

— Craig Taylor

“O Suburbs of Despair where nothing but the weather ever changes!”

— Dana Gioia

“The rainy days in life are what make us treasure the sunny days.”

— Suzannah Daniels

“As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Would we love the warm sunny days as much, if it were not for the cold rainy ones?”

— Charles F. Glassman

“For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours.”

— David Nicholls

“The hours stretch out in summer, the evenings go on and on; has he lost track of hours? Where are you, Zachariah? Come home!…

— Emma Richler

“A city is a strange place for dawn. The sun just can't seem to make any headway in the cold streets”

— Steve Toltz

“One day, they will wake up to an extremely unbearable ocean of sameness. (re: changing San Francisco)”

— Guillermo Gómez-Peña

“When a man is tired of London, maybe he should go somewhere else. 'Going out in the Midday Sun'.”

— Kate A. Hardy