It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
We hand folks over to Gods mercy, and show none ourselves. – George Eliot

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
We hand folks over to Gods mercy, and show none ourselves. – George Eliot
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