Melancholy Quote by Virginia Woolf

“His words cost him so much, she thought, not like hers that just came dancing out of the air and went back into it.…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“He was a relentlessly cheerful presence, talked only of himself but so good-naturedly that she indulged him. He certainly laughed a good deal. Something…

— Julie Anne Long

“Being cheerful starts now, Will thought as hard as he could, but it was like trying to hold a fighting wolf still in his…

— Philip Pullman

“His manner showed a curious mixture of longing and enthusiasm, which is to say that his enthusiasms were always of a wistful sort, and…

— Eleanor Catton

“She had too much of everything, and so she longed to have less; less, she was sure, would bring her happiness. To me it…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“He snorted softly. His talent had destroyed everything he had ever valued. With a shake of his head, he moved his thoughts away from…

— Mitchell Hogan

“He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull contentment. Sometimes…

— Colm Tóibín

“He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought…

— Gustave Flaubert

“She smiled and feigned enthusiasm, although she cared little for the game. Sometimes that's what you did for the people you loved.”

— Julie Klassen

“Or maybe, just maybe, he'd got close enough to sense the melancholy that sits at the core of her, usually hidden deep behind a…

— Matt Haig

“She'd spoken of their happiness as though it were an undeniable fact, no matter what happened--apart from everything else and not subject to it.…

— Laini Taylor