Brooding Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.

— Annie Dillard

This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he needed to…

— Ray Bradbury

He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite…

— Neil Gaiman

There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to…

— Justin Cronin

“This is what he was good at, he realized. This is what he did. He placed himself in the world, and the world drew…

— Bruce Brooks

But since then, it seemed he had been caught up in a hurricane, whirling from one thing to another with scarcely enough time to…

— Brian Falkner

From being quite sure of himself and his future he becomes not at all sure. If he be an imaginative boy a door is…

— Sherwood Anderson

“Time no longer mattered. He knew he would have plenty of it at his disposal. The sight of the star filled him with indescribable…

— J. Valor

“He turned and looked at the boy. Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he was himself an alien. A…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Even now he could not say in his heart of hearts for which side he would draw his blade when he was finally called…

— Ruth Downie

“His thoughts were clearly still shoving him further away, toward some ultimate dark drama that he might or might not have actually lived through…

— Walter Kirn