Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it.
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
Under the greenwood tree who loves to lie with me ... Here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weather.
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.
Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.