“If you carry the weather with you, then character is determined by the prevailing wind”

“It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in adversity, when it seems akin to the native sycamore of their hills, which scorns to be biassed in its mode of growth even by the influence of the prevailing wind, but, shooting its branches with equal boldness in every direction, shows no weather-side to the storm, and may be broken, but can never be bended.”

“You who travel with the wind, what weather vane shall direct your course?”

“How you think and feel's always linked to the lie of the land, the temperature. The prevailing winds, even." p.498”

“The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given, the weather conditions that prevail at the ...moment.”

“In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.”