Earth and rain—dust and desire—what mingled odor of these is not sweet? – Virginia Garland, “The Rain,” Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the Ne

It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky. – Muriel Spark, Territorial Rights, 1979

I love snow, snow, and all the forms of radiant frost. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. – Terri Guillemets, “April morning on the patio,” 1988