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Monsoons Quotes

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

Roland Joffe
India, Monsoons, Plans

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.

John Barth
Ships, Sometimes, Monsoons
John Barth (1984). “The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction”

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Herman Melville
Determination, War, Monsoons
Herman Melville (2016). “Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile and Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter”, p.68, Courier Dover Publications

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

Vikas Swarup
Rainy Day, Clouds, Monsoons
Vikas Swarup (2005). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.

Tessa Dare
Beautiful, Looks, Monsoons

My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people.

Mira Nair
People, My Family, Monsoons
"Decade: Mira Nair on “Monsoon Wedding”". Interview with Jacque Lynn Schiller, www.indiewire.com. February 22, 2002.

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