Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

The death of something living is the price of our own survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is… — Barbara Kingsolver
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is… — C.S. Lewis
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices… — Jerome K. Jerome
Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a… — Jostein Gaarder
I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good angel–I am bound… — Charlotte Bronte
Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn. — John Cleese
We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November,… — William Peter Blatty
Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.' Valjean, who did… — Victor Hugo
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News.'—and now I was going… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the world that He gave… — Charles Spurgeon
Can she be divorced?" I asked. "And famous for her commercials and ideas?" She can be anything," Boo told me, and this is what I… — Sarah Dessen
The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because… — William James
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister,… — Charles Dickens
Love was a sacred garment, woven of a fabric so thin that it could not be seen, yet so strong that even mighty death could… — Dean Koontz
When you make a solemn promise to a friend, it ain't right to go back on it. No. Never let your friend down, never break… — Lauren Myracle
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as… — Guy de Maupassant
Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his… — C.S. Lewis
Look, then, into thine heart, and write! Yes, into Life's deep stream! All forms of sorrow and delight, All solemn Voices of the Night, That… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many… — Joe Haldeman
I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration,… — Charles Dickens
The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into the… — John Mortimer
He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man): "Surely it is possible to love with the… — Dorothy L. Sayers
The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball," Peavine's book began, "whether in the stands or on the field, is… — Michael Chabon

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