Rainy Nights Quotes Novels & Stories

Rain has always been honest with me. It doesn’t pretend. It doesn’t sugarcoat. It doesn’t say “I’m fine” when it’s breaking inside. When it falls, it falls, diretso, walang pasikot-sikot. Tonight, as I sit by the window of my small dorm room, watching the raindrops blur the campus lights, I feel the same way. Parang ako ’yung ulan—heavy, messy, inevitable. I should be studying for midterms. I should be highlighting notes, rereading chapters, pretending my life is perfectly fine. But how am I supposed to focus when all I can see is the message glowing on my phone?

Tahimik lang sila, habang panaka-nakang pinagmamasdan ang mga dumaraan sa kanilang harapan. Hanggang sa basagin na ni Lucas ang katahimikan, “You know, Glay, problems are like rain. Minsan malakas at may kasama pang kulog at kidlat na parang walang katapusan, minsan naman ambon lang na dumadaan. But remember that every time the rain stops pouring, another shinny day will come sometimes, it also comes with a rainbow.”

Ayaw ba siya nitong katabi? "D—dito ka lang," nauutal niyang sambit. Huminga ng malalim si Rain bago muling humarap sa kanya. Nakita pa niyang ilang beses itong napalunok. "We'll sleep together nextime." "B–&bakit?" "Because I don't think I'm in a good state of mind to sleep next to you tonight," para bang nahihirapan nitong wika.

Ano? "My life is as dark as that empty night sky because the moon is not around. And also, my life is as dark as that empty night sky when there's a rain or it's a bad day. And those rain means my pain, or the future, when we're living in the same roof already, our quarrelings and misunderstandings. I told you you're my Luna, right?" Nahigit ko ang hininga ko dahil sa sinabi niya. I'm his...what? "B-Bakit?" Kinakabahan kong tanong at napa-hawak ng mahigpit sa pantalon ko.

Habang pinapanood ko siyang naglalakad palayo saakin, ang luhang kanina ko pa pinipigilan, kusa na lang lumabas, kasabay ng malakas na ulan. It's raining when he said he'll keep me, but now it's raining again because he didn't able to keep it. Rain knows my pain. "Goodbye, Love. Goodnight," ----

"My... my favorite pet?" "Cat." "My favorite days?" "When it's raining." "Why?" she asked. "Because when it's raining, you see beauty in sadness. May mga tao na nakakaramdam ng lungkot kapag umuulan. But not you. Instead, you feel happier and alive when it's raining. The sound of rain soothed and relaxed you. You appreciate the scent of a fresh storm and the delicious feel of water dripping down your skin. And it reminds you that it takes a little rain to make the flowers grow. When things get a little rough in life, iniisip mo lagi ang ulan. It became your reminder that "this too shall pass." You even have a motto that says, you don't get rainbows unless you also have rain."

Noong bata pa ako, I used to think na kapag umulan sa araw na namatay ang isang tao, ibig sabihin, may nalulungkot somewhere. Maybe heaven. Maybe the universe. Maybe yung mga taong hindi marunong magsabi ng I love you habang may chance pa. I always thought that if I were the one to disappear someday, I hoped it would rain. So maybe, just maybe, the rain could wash away everything I'd leave behind. The guilt. The regrets. The words I never had the courage to say.

“Day 45: The coffee here in Rome is great. But the seat across from me is empty. It will always be empty because I don't deserve to have you sit there” Nag-init ang mga mata ko. Lumipat ako sa kabilang litrato, isang picture ng ulan mula sa bintana ng isang tren. “Day 112: It’s raining in London. It reminds me of the night you cried outside that hotel. I wanted to save you then. But I realized I was the storm that broke you. I'm sorry, Angel.” Napatakip ako ng bibig, pinipigilan ang isang malakas na hikbi.

ZACH ANOTHER LONELY night for me. When I looked up, I was greeted by the thick dark clouds, shrouded the skies.It's giving warning of impending rain. There isn't a single star to be seen. Even the moon was barred from shining. It was late at night but my mind was wide awake. I feel the cold breeze hugging my skin. I can already hear the sound of crikets but here I am alone on the terrace with the bottle of wine. Hindi ko gusto ang ganito. Nakakabinging katahimikan at tila mababaliw ako kapag ganitong mapag-isa ako. Tinawagan ko kanina si Glen para may kasama akong kainuman pero hindi siya puwede dahil may sakit ang kaniyang bunsong anak.

Assumero ang loko. "I'm just joking you know. The mood is just too gloomy," natatawa nitong usal. Ngunit ilang sandali lang ay biglang sumeryoso ang mukha nito. "If you need someone to talk to. I'm available." Someone to talk to? I really need that now. Mababaliw ako kapag wala akong mapagsabihan. Ngunit si Rain lang ang pwede kong kausapin sa mga oras na 'to, pero siguradong tulog na iyon. Ayokong makaisturbo.