
“Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.”
“Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.”
“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?”
Source: The Book of Questions
“But if the rain must fall…It won't matter much to me
If I had you
And all I need is your love.”
If The Rain Must Fall
Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006)
“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.”
The last phrase is quoted in J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey as "It loved to happen".
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X, 21
Original: (el) ῾Ἐρᾷ μὲν ὄμβρου γαῖα, ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ σεμνὸς αἰθήρ,᾿ ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ κόσμος ποιῆσαι ὃ ἂν μέλλῃ γίνεσθαι. λέγω οὖν τῷ κόσμῳ ὅτι σοὶ συνερῶ. μήτι δὲ οὕτω κἀκεῖνο λέγεται, ὅτι: φιλεῖ τοῦτο γίνεσθαι;
Source: 20th Century Ghosts