“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
“It is sprinkling now. A teasing August rain that raises expectations it cannot fill.”
— Toni Morrison, book Beloved
Beloved (1987)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "It is sprinkling now. A teasing August rain that raises expectations it cannot fill." by Toni Morrison?
Toni Morrison184
American writer 1931–2019Related quotes
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Announcing the Bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
Context: We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. We shall destroy their docks, their factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake; we shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war.
It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.
“Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
https://twitter.com/wise_chimp/status/1488946174321205253?s=21
“A slow autumn rain:
The sad eyes of my mother
Fill a lonely night.”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) African-American writer
Haiku: This Other World (1998)
“The clouds, never expect it,
When it rains
But the sea changes color,
But the sea does not change”
Stevie Nicks (1948) American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
Edge of Seventeen
Bella Donna (album) (1981)
“What passion cannot Music raise and quell?”
John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
St. 2. <br class="br"> A Song for St. Cecilia's Day http://www.englishverse.com/poems/a_song_for_st_cecilias_day_1687 (1687) <br class="br">Variant: What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Patricia Reilly Giff (1935) American children's writer
Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 11-20, p. 72