Quotes (Part 1)

A wailing, rushing sound, which shook the walls an though a giant's hand were on them; then a hoarse roar, as if the sea had risen; then such a whirl and tumult, that the air seemed mad; and then, with a lengthened howl, the waves of wind swept on.
- Charles Dickens


The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.
- Charles Dickens, Bleak House (ch. VI)


Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
- John Dryden


The winds that never moderation knew,
Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;
Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge
Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.
- John Dryden, Astroea Redux (l. 242)


But certain winds will make men's temper bad.
- George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross),
The Spanish Gypsy (bk. I)