Storm quotes
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"Defeat, my defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, and we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous"
"I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadn ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, "A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake" feeling sure I was going to learn something."
"The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes."
"Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away."
"This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it"
"Please don't let all the freak storms and climate change lead you to believe in freak storms and climate change."
"The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And another thing...' twenty minutes after admitting he'd lost the argument."
"Financial storm definitely passed."
"You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through."
"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."
"Every cloud engenders not a storm."
"Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely."
"Wisdom can’t prevent the storm."
"Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she!"
"Storms make oaks take deeper root."
"It drives on with a courage which is stronger than the storm. It drives on with a mercy which does not quail in the presence of death. It drives on as proof, a symbol, a testimony that man is created in the image of God and that valour and virtue have not perished in the British race."
"The life of great geniuses is nothing but a sublime storm."
"The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce."
"Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm"
"I love the season well When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell The coming of storms."
