Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do… — Julia Quinn
I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things. — James M. Barrie
Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy… — William Shakespeare
The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared… — William Faulkner
We catched fish, and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the… — Mark Twain
It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry.… — Fran Lebowitz
Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath. — Brandon Sanderson
The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind — Elias Canetti
He smiled his dimpled smile. "Well, I've found something in my heart, my love, and it's you. You fill it up so completely that I… — Sabrina Jeffries
When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing she had ever… — Dan Wells
it is hard to believe when I’m with you that there can be anything as still as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right… — Frank O'Hara
It is," I said. "And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx." "What?" Dionysus cried. "You don't trust us?"… — Rick Riordan
The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. — Dan Wells
Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. "The night is dark and full of turnips," he announced in a solemn voice. "Let us all… — George R. R. Martin
Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible. — Dean Koontz
You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them.… — Brandon Sanderson
Two thousand years ago, five thousand, they didn't have a word for imagination, and faith was the best they could come up with for a… — Richard Bach
Dear Habicht, / Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when… — Albert Einstein
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. — Charles Lamb
It is human life. We are blown upon the world; we float buoyantly upon the summer air a little while, complacently showing off our grace… — Mark Twain
Death is a great revealer of what is in a man, and in its solemn shadow appear the naked lineaments of the soul. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork. — Mark Twain
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn… — H. L. Mencken
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.… — J. William Fulbright
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and… — Pope John XXIII

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