“The rain would not have bothered Fernanda, after all, her whole life had been spent as if it were raining.”
“After a while it sort of began to rain, which is to say that it was the kind of rain that never comes to a decision about whether it's actually raining or not. Driving in it, you would never have been certain whether or not to turn on your wipers.”
“Behjet eased the horse forward again. "The harvest is failing. There will be no crop at all if this rain doesn't stop - not even hay."The rain. The rain she'd been so grateful for, the rain that concealed the warping of her shadow. It was going to kill people.”
“Someone said the rain would mean nothing if thirst had never been named.”
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
“Life goes on just like summer goes to rain. But remember there will always be a rainbow after the rain. Always.”