“You . . . smell like rain." Whatever I expected, that hadn't been it. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" "Good," he said. "Definitely good.”
“She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been”
“You should shower," I said. "Right now.""I smell that bad?"Actually, he smelled that good.”
“He leaned over to kiss the top of my head, and then groaned. I looked at him, puzzled."You smell so good in the rain," he explained."In a good way, or in a bad way?" I asked cautiously.He sighed. "Both, always both.”
“Many of the good things would never have happened if the bad events hadn't happened first.”
“The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”