Somber Quotes

44 Somber quotes by 43 unique authors

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 – Chicago, that somber city – 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
I’m not suggesting the world is good, that life is easy, or that any of us are entitled to better. But please, isn’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
A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation. — James Atlas
The world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt we owe to one another to discover the bright crystals… — Helen Keller
Windows cast her gentle reflection. Her somber silhouette dances for me. Dear God, it's her. — Alesana
Palm Sunday is like a glimpse of Easter. It's a little bit joyful after being somber during Lent. — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Somber Quotes

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