Somber Quotes

44 quotes by 43 authors

The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no moon. The stars, almost too… — Yasunari Kawabata
The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance… — Aberjhani
The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been… — Barry Commoner
To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of Kindred tones.… — Vincent Van Gogh
Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber. — Rachel Carson
It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make… — Malcolm Muggeridge
I am an American, Chicago born â€“ Chicago, that somber city â€“ and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make… — Saul Bellow
I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out… — Sarah Dessen
The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under… — Joseph Conrad
He pulled her back, off balance so that she fell against him, and he took her face in his two hands and held it very… — Anne Stuart
I want you cool and regal, earthy and impertinent, spoiling for a fight and abashed at your own temper. I want you flushed with exertion… — Connie Brockway
Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it… — Betty Smith
Iâ€™m not suggesting the world is good, that life is easy, or that any of us are entitled to better. But please, isnâ€™t this the… — Richard Siken
Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics. — Alexander Smith
On the 11th anniversary of 9/11, it is some consolation that the man most responsible for that terrible morning will not be smiling smugly to… — Bobby Ghosh
There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights.… — Emile Durkheim
I like guitar sounds to be a little somber. — Joe Trohman
My parents loved music, and my father would come home with cassette tapes of Chic and the Village People and Barbra Streisand. We had all… — Marjorie Gubelmann
Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive… — Donna Mills
There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall — Cyril Connolly

Who Wrote These Somber Quotes

43 authors contributed a total of 44 Somber Quotes, led by these top contributors: