“And Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting you to defy it.”

— Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Visions of Johanna

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

Julia de Burgos (1914–1953) Puerto Rican politician

Source: El Mar y Tu: Otros Poemas

“It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: After a heavy rainfall, poems titled RAIN pour in from across the nation.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

1950-07-06
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (2000)
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl.”

Sandra Dallas American writer

Source: Prayers for Sale

“You are not free. Myriad invisible hands hold your hands and direct them.”

Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God

The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: You are not free. Myriad invisible hands hold your hands and direct them. When you rise in anger, a great-grandfather froths at your mouth; when you make love, an ancestral caveman growls with lust; when you sleep, tombs open in your memory till your skull brims with ghosts.

“Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out, like the rain. (p. 85)”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Variant: The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.
Source: The Book Thief