Short Drought Quotes & Sayings

When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing. — Orhan Pamuk

The rediscovery of the value of one's baptism is the basis of the missionary commitment of every Christian, because we see in the Gospel that he who lets himself be fascinated by Christ cannot do without witnessing the joy of following in his footsteps ... we understand even more that, in virtue of baptism, we have an inherent missionary vocation. — Pope Benedict XVI

The sirens in the distance were growing louder. Although it was the music of his neighbourhood, he knew the pigs would soon be performing in his dead-end street. — Marita A. Hansen

when the democrats choose not to be democratic, democracy fails to be democratic. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I kind of think she's one of the sort you can do anything with if you only get her to love you. — L.M. Montgomery

For one short wet month early in the next year the drought lifted. Spring tipped in like green well water frothing at the hedges bubbling at the roadside splashing from the cottage roof in garlands of ivy and stringflower — Gregory Maguire

She was beautiful, and I was so, so desperately in love with her.
Her chin jerked up, and she sucked in a breath, eyes widening.
Okay, I may have actually thought that last bit at her.
You did. A small smile split her lips. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the bottom line is they got the vision for what we are trying to do. — Queen Latifah

Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness. — Ernest Hemingway,

The exhausted earth groaned and quivered under the monotonous glare of the sun. Spirals of heat rose from the ground as if from molten lava. A panting lizard crawled painfully over the fevered rock in search of a shady crevice. Cattle and dogs cringed under the scanty shade of the trees and waited for the rain to deliver them from the heat and thirst. Instead the heat grew more intense and oppressive each day, singeing and stifling all living things with an invisible sheet of fire, which only the rain could put out.

The drought had persisted for over a month. — S. Rajaratnam

Maybe, standing next to the obelisk of Ma'at, surrounded by the Sea of Chaos, we both realized that restraining ourselves from vengeance is what made us different from Apophis. Rules had their place. They kept us from unraveling. — Rick Riordan

To state the obvious, romantic comedies have to be funny and they have to be romantic. But one of the most important things, for me anyway, is that they be about two strong people finding their way to love. — Nora Ephron

If it does not come at the last to gladness, then to hell with it. — Douglas Wilson

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. — John Ortberg