Quotes About Pensive

Do you always think this much, Charlie?

MARJORY walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the window ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. She halted before a door at the end of the hall and laid her hand on the knob. She stood hesitating, her head bowed. It was evident that this mission was to require great fortitude.

The quietest people have the loudest minds

The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of a lot to say.

I grow gnomic. It is the last phase.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

I was a reflective child.

I was a boring man but a reflective man.

Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.

I had a fairly regular childhood. I was a pretty boring kid. I didn't do much. I was always thinking, but I didn't really say a lot.

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.

glum. It meant having the blues in a way that annoyed other people. Having the blues aggressively. "Well, why don't you take a week and do some thinking on it?

He began to wonder if there was something wrong with him.

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

Lady Amelia Windsor

The reason people get lost in thought is that it's unfamiliar territory.

In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I, My thoughts without ceasing brood over A tale of the time gone by.

How often now I just sit, with my elbows on the desk and my hands holding my face bold and upright, and stare into the past.

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

Did he go out, drink, have a good time?" "Never." "Does he like money?" "No." "Does he like to be admired?" "No." "Does he believe in God?" "No." "Does he talk much?" "Very little." "Does he listen if others discuss any ... idea with him?" "He listens. It would be better if he didn't.

I looked at my wife. Her face was pensive ...

Don't like small talk, love rainy days.

I'm, like, the most terrible person to go to a party with in the world, because I just can't enjoy it. I'm just thinking all the time about what it means and what the implications are.