“SOWING LIGHTNINGSeizeBolts of lightning from the skyAnd plant them in fields of life.They will grow like tender sprouts of fire.Charge somber thoughtsWith unexpected flash,You, my lightning in the soil!”

“You can grow like a tall tree, when you enjoy the sun, wind, rain, storms and the stars in the dark nights.”

“I took the dog out for a walk tonight, and together we wandered across the meadow next door. It was a warm summer’s night, dark, and moonless. There were a handful of fireflies flickering intermittently, some so close to me I could see they were burning green as they flew, and some further away, who seemed to be flashing white.And in the sky above them a continual roil of distant summer lightning (the storm distant enough that it was silent) burned and flashed and illuminated the clouds. It seemed as if the lightning bugs were talking to the lightning, in a perfect call and response of flash and counterflash. I watched the sky and the meadow flash and flash while the dog walked ahead of me, and realised that I was perfectly happy…”

“They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.”

“Go ahead, God, you fat, filthy motherfucker, lightning-bolt my ass into oblivion if you’re so tough!”

“If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.”

“Let the rain wash away all of your sorrows, and fears.And let the thunder scare away all of your demons.And let the lightning show you the way to salvation.”

“It’s what’s below that attracts the lightning like flies.”

“Electricity is really just organized lightning”