Thunder & lightning
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What kind of magic spell to use?
Slime and snails,
or puppy dog tails?
Thunder or lightning…
—Labyrinth
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It is not light that we need, but fire. It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake.
—Frederick Douglass
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Ooh, a storm is threatening
my very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
—Rolling Stones
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Come in, she said, I'll give you
shelter from the storm.
—Bob Dylan
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Wash away us all,
take us with the floods.
—Pantera
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Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.
—Unknown
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It was a dark and stormy night…
—Snoopy
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