I haven’t done a Thursday 13 in a while, I started this last Thursday when it was rainy, but then I never finished it for whatever reason. It’s not rainy today, but rather, windy, so I’m going to just do weather-related quotations. Enjoy.

1. “Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” ~John Updike
2. “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” ~Langston Hughes
3. “Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.” ~Hosea Ballou
4. “Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.” ~Augustus Hare
5. “A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.” ~Rachel Carson
6. “There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.” ~Annie Dillard
7. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.” ~Alfred Wainright
8. “The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” ~Joan Didion
9. Spooky wild and gusty; swirling dervishes of rattling leaves race by, fleeing windflung deadwood that cracks and thumps behind.” ~Dave Beard
10. “Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.” ~Earl Wilson
11. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore
12. “What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.” ~Jane Austen”
13. “What my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
    I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
    Under my head till morning; but the rain
    Is full of ghosts to-night, that tap and sigh
    Upon the glass and listen for reply…”
    ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

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