Pensive Quotes

32 quotes by 29 authors

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and… — Henry Ward Beecher
With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears. — John Milton
Ultimately, Photography is subversive, not when it frightens, repels, or even stigmatizes, but when it is pensive, when it thinks. — Roland Barthes
Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train. — John Milton
The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mate less play; And, while the night… — Emily Bronte
Once more their weird laughter of the loons comes to my ear, the distance lends it a musical, melancholy sound. For a dangerous ledge off… — Celia Thaxter
Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place. — William Wordsworth
The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint… — T.H. White
Just had lunch with the president who seems pensive, slightly deflated, realistic, aggravated and resolute. Didn't eat his pie. — Katie Couric
Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the… — Faith Prince
Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace… — Emily Dickinson
Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years! — William Wordsworth
I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen. — Bob Dylan
I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times I'm completely goofy… — Jewel
For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of… — William Wordsworth
Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes. — John Keats
Any place you love is the world to youâ€, explained the pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early… — Oscar Wilde
You, Beloved, who are all the gardens I have ever gazed at, longing. An open window in a country house-- , and you almost stepped… — Rainer Maria Rilke
You should always aim to be your own mouse, Lieam. In fact...you already are. You are not so quick to jump into danger as Saxon… — David Petersen
ÊºYour hair was beautiful too. All of you. You were amazing when we first met, and somehow, inexplicably, youÊ¹ve come even farther. YouÊ¹ve always been… — Richelle Mead

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