“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.” “No rain. No Flowers.” “Into each life, some rain must fall.” How many times have you heard these quotes about rain? People who live in arid climates constantly hope for rain. Those of us who live in rainier climates watch eagerly for the sun, but worry when we don’t have rain. Some people equate rain with sorrow, while others see its cleansing and life-giving powers. How do you feel about rain? Do you have a favorite quote about rain? We found 30 well-known yet diverse quotes about rain. How many do you recognize, and do you know who is credited as being the first person to say each quote? Match the author with each quote about rain. Spoiler alert - two of them are unknown. Good luck!

The answers to this quiz can be found in the article titled, Next Month in This Awful Awesome Life – May 2022 or you can click this link, https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2022/4/3/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-may-2022

Word Bank:

Rae Foley                          Robert Louis Stevenson               Henry Ward Beecher

Vivian Greene                 Denzel Washington                      Tony Hillerman

George Carlin                  Benjamin Franklin                        Pablo Neruda

Amy Miles                        Satchel Paige                                  Bill Watterson

Tom Barrett                     Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Paulo Coelho

Roger Miller                     Mehmet Murat Ildan                   John Steinbeck

Unknown (2)                   Billie Holiday                                  Dolly Parton     

Charlie Chaplin                Maya Angelou                               Emily Wing Smith

Rumi                                  Langston Hughes                           Alan Watts

Helen Garner                   Alejandro Jodorowsky                              

1.       “Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”

2.       “The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.”

3.       “Some people walk in the rain; others just get wet.”

4.       “A rainy day at the beach is better than a sunny day at the office.”

5.       “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”

6.       “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with liquid silver drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”

7.       “Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.”

8.       “Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.”

9.       “One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.”

10.   “Rain! Whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.” 

11.   “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

12.   “Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.”

13.   “If the rain spoils our picnic but saves a farmer’s crop. Who are we to say it shouldn’t rain?”

14.   “Every storm runs out of rain.”

15.   “In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?”

16.   “The sound of rain needs no translation.”

17.   “From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.”

18.   “The rain is falling all around; it falls on field and tree. It rains on the umbrellas here, and all the ships at sea.”  

19.   “You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud, too. That’s part of it.”

20.   “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.”

21.   “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

22.   “A rainy day is a special gift to readers.”

23.   “The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.” 

24.   “If people were rain, then I was a drizzle, and she was a hurricane.”

25.   “Let a smile be your umbrella and you’ll end up with a face full of rain.”

26.   “If you want to see a rainbow. You have to learn to see the rain.”

27.   “No umbrella’s color matters under torrential rain.”

28.   “Don’t pray when it rains, if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”

29.   “I am like the rain: I go where I’m needed.”

30.   “I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.”

Sources used:

https://kidadl.com/articles/best-rain-quotes-to-help-you-wait-for-the-rainbow

https://kidadl.com/articles/best-rainy-day-quotes-to-cheer-you-up