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Thunderstorms

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. – American Indian Proverb

It was getting dark so suddenly that Alice thought there must be a thunderstorm coming on. What a thick black cloud that is! she said.
And how fast it comes! Why I do believe its got wings! – Lewis Carroll

Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air. – Soren Kierkegaard

My mother, who hates thunderstorms,
Holds up each summer day and shakes
It out suspiciously, lest swarms
Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there…. – Philip Larkin

Since I was man,
Such sheets of fire, such bursts of torrid thunder
Such groans of roaring wind and rain, I never
Remember to have heard. – William Shakespeare