A small cotton-wool storm cloud in a flowerpot next to a pink magnolia blossom.

Original artwork, not a still

Maya Angelou

Every storm runs out of rain.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The line uses a storm’s eventual exhaustion of rain as an image of difficulty passing. It offers reassurance rather than a guarantee that every hardship will end quickly. The attribution remains unverified.

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