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66 Mournful quotes by 57 unique authors

And even if these scenes from our youth were given back to us we would hardly know what to do. The tender, secret influence that… — Erich Maria Remarque
Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This afternoon held that special quality of mournful emptiness I've connected with late Sunday afternoons ever since childhood: the feeling of having nothing to do. — Margaret Atwood
A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a… — Heinrich Heine
I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and… — Mark Twain
Ziri's soul felt like the high roaming wind of the Adelphas Mountains and the beat of stormhunters' wings, like the beautiful, mournful, eternal song of… — Laini Taylor
It was like a dam of musical critique had broken. Imasu turned on him with eyes that flashed instead of shining. "It is worse than… — Cassandra Clare
Now there’s us, staking out our piece of cinematic turf (might be small but it’s ours). And the music has to fit the vision as… — Joss Whedon
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist. — Franz Liszt
Sing it not in mournful numbers. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of… — Teju Cole
The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. — David Mallet
And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand. — Pierre Loti
O wicked and evil knights thus shine within the pillars of ivory silk and wine; disgrace O slithering snake of thirsty greed and slaves of… — Johnny Luckett
This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd — Samuel Johnson
People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out.… — Daniel Radcliffe

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