“Physical weather certainly is beyond our control. ... But human weather - the psychological climate of the world - is not beyond our control. The human race is its own rain and its own sun. It creates its own cyclones and anti-cyclones. The ridges of high pressure which we sometimes enjoy, the troughs of low pressure which we so often endure, are of our own making and nobody else's.” WorldHumansSometimesEnjoyRaceSunLowsRainPressureClimateEndureWeatherPsychologicalHuman RaceRidgesTroughCyclones Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“Not that she didn't enjoy the holidays: but she always felt-and it was, perhaps, the measure of her peculiar happiness-a little relieved when they were over. Her normal life pleased her so well that she was half afraid to step out of its frame in case one day she should find herself unable to get back.” ShouldWellsLittlesHappinessFeltEnjoyHalfStepsCasesOne DayNormalHolidayGet BackPeculiarRelievedNormal Life Book:Mrs. Miniver Source: Mrs. Miniver