Doors Quote by Joseph Rodman Drake

That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.

— George Eliot

O brief, bright smile of summer! O days divine and dear The voices of winter's sorrow Already we can hear. And we know that…

— Celia Thaxter

Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known, So…

— James Whitcomb Riley

Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives, When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives, Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful-.

— Emily Dickinson

Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David's…

— Isaac Watts

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover…

— Lorrie Moore

“becomes pleasant, we call this peace. If it becomes very pleasant, we call this joy. If your emotions become pleasant, we call this love.…

— Sadhguru

“Cheerfulness is charming.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.

— Anonymous

“Whenever I went out, I heard on all sides cordial salutations, and was welcomed with friendly smiles. To live amidst general regard, though it…

— Charlotte Brontë