Shouting at the Rain Quotes

“But there is something you must remember about those feelings deep down inside. They come from your soul, and they’re a precious thing. They should be saved for the ones who’ll be cradling them like a new baby. You don’t hand them off to just anyone. The ones that love you protect your feelings because they’ve been given a piece of you. Others may toss them around for just the same reason.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Friendship is like boogie boarding. You have to learn when to hold on and when to let go.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“You can either stay here while they throw shovelfuls of sand on you or just climb out. Your choice not theirs. Then I head toward the stairs, not even loking back at Brandy or Tressa. And it feels really good to step away from the shovels of sand they've been throwing on me for weeks and finally climb out of the hole.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“But it turns out . . . I can stop myself. If I stop to think. Feeling mad doesn’t mean I can’t control what I do. I used to use being angry like it was an excuse. Like it wasn’t my fault. But I can stop myself. And it feels good.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“We all make them, and the best we can do is try to make it right. And you have. So enough of this, okay?”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“We'll just wait for nature. She put us in this predicament and will help get us out. No use shouting at the rain. No one was hurt.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Madre”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“So.” I hold up my jar and look at the sun through lemonade. “Would you say that this jar is half empty or half full?”

He stares and thinks for a few seconds. “Neither. The jar is just twice as big as it needs to be.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“She walks around the counter but holds Ronan’s gaze. “So Henry Lasko was here this very morning talking about how brave you are, wanting to jump into the water after sharks—and by the way, I hope someone has told you that ain’t brave. That’s just foolishness. But this is what I want to know: Are you brave enough . . . to flip a good crepe?”

It startles me that the words brave and crepe are in the same sentence.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“As I wash the dirt from the jar, I think about how, like a seed in the ground, burying made things grow. But not in a good way. Just like how not talking about things can make stuff feel like a bigger problem, and even more confusing.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Loneliness rises all around me like a fog in the early morning. And I realize how much I miss the friends that don't make my stomach hurt.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“blood and having the same last name. It’s made by the people who love you. Who worry about you and champion you. Who take one look at you and know when you need a talk over that nourishing tea.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“Ronan.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“I guess some friends are just glitter, and other friends are glue”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“to Spencer from Topeka. “Man alive! How many letters do you need? It’s”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

“anything made by man can be replaced, but not so much with things made by God.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain