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Quotes About Atmosphere

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint, for they have carried their own serene and celestial atmosphere into all lands to protect them against the corrosion of time.
~ Henry David Thoreau
the very pattering of the drops, and in every sound and sight around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once like an atmosphere sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The summer had turned, the summer had gone; the autumn had dropped upon Bly and had blown out half our lights. The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance--all strewn with crumpled playbills.
~ Henry James
The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma
~ Henry James
It had been agreed between them that lighted candles at wayside inns, in strange countries amid mountain scenery, gave the evening meal a peculiar poetry.
~ Henry James
He had gone in late to see her, but evening hadn't settled and she was presented to him in that long fresh light of waning April days which affects us often with a sadness sharper than the greyest hours of autumn.
~ Henry James
The vice in the air, otherwise, was too much like the breath of fate.
~ Henry James
The day lingered and the last calls of the last birds sounded, in a flushed sky, from the old trees.
~ Henry James
The Brighton air used of old to make plain girls pretty and pretty girls prettier still - I don't know whether it works the spell now. (Sir Edmund Orme)
~ Henry James
She sat with him at any rate, in the grey clearance—as sad as a winter dawn—made by their meeting.
~ Henry James
The before dinner atmosphere, the blend of patchouli, warm pitchblend, iced electricity, sugared sweat and powdered urine drives one on to a fever of delerious expectancy.
~ Henry Miller
A veces la atmósfera es tan eléctrica, que el alma se siente llamada a salir de su cuerpo y enloquece.
~ Henry Miller
It is that inner atmosphere that has An unfamiliar gravity or none at all Where words are flung out in the air but stay Motionless without an answer, Hovering about one's lips Or arguing back to haunt The memory with what one failed to say, Until one learns acceptance of the silence Amidst the new debris Or turns again to grief As the only source of privacy, Alone with someone loved.
~ Herbert Mason
loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses
~ Herman Melville
Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.
~ Andrea Bocelli
Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.
~ Kohei Uchimura
Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
~ Sylvia Earle
I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise!
~ Dita Von Teese
I think you can tell when a New York show isn't shot in the city. It's so iconic and has such a specific energy.
~ Theo James
New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.
~ Hunter Parrish
There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty soul-destroying. I don't drive, and the people kind of rub me the wrong way. It's just not home. You know? It's not New York. It's not... my town.
~ Michael Imperioli
People are friendlier in New York than London.
~ John Oliver
Every town has its dark side, but I spend time in New York for my dark inspiration.
~ John Lutz