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Quotes About Solemn

Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts, "the source and centre of all minds
~ Helen Keller
Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls.
~ Alfred Noyes
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
~ Charles Churchill
It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?
~ Edward Abbey
Look to the sky just before you die, cause it's the last time you'll ever see it.
~ Metallica
The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball, Peavine's book began, whether in the stands or on the field, is the same as that of the lover of life itself: to pay attention to it. When it comes to the position of catcher, as all but fools and shortstops will freely acknowledge, this solemn requirement is doubled.
~ Michael Chabon
The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball," Peavine's book began, whether in the stands or on the field, is the same as that of the lover of life itself: to pay attention to it. When it comes to the position of catcher, as all but fools and shortstops will freely acknowledge, this solemn requirement is doubled.
~ Michael Chabon
I love you, because the love you gave me was the only love I've ever had, the only love I ever will have
~ Kurt Vonnegut
There is a word, sad and resonant, for the last member of a dying species. The word is endling.
~ Sy Montgomery
You're all I want, Eva. There's no one else. There will never be anyone else.
~ Sylvia Day
And voices are In the wind's singing More distant and more solemn Than a fading star.
~ T. S. Eliot
Why were men so caught up with their honor, their solemn word, their promises? Half the time the promises were never asked of them in the first place. And yet the wars that were fought over such things, the hearts broken and the lands ruined..!
~ Tad Williams
For starters, you're the only one who can hear or see me. Like I said, you're my only concern. I won't reveal myself to anyone else.
~ Ted Dekker
Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel... Sleeping our noons away
~ Teitoku
Is that all I am? A friend?" "Of course not," I say. "I love you." "Am I the only one?" she asks. "Yes. Completely." First, last, and always.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible enjoy generally a greater share of dignity than of happiness.
~ Francis Bacon
Death had no lips, but it was smiling.
~ Franny Billingsley
Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them. They just go about their duties, eyes down, solemn. You've got color on the inside, so much of it that it bursts out and colors everything around you.
~ Brandon Sanderson
It is my solemn and important duty to bring happiness, light, and joy into your world when you're being a dour idiot.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I shall always think of you; I shall never think of anyone else. I came to England simply because you are here; I couldn't stay at home after you had gone: I hated the country because you were not in it. If I like this country at present it is only because it holds you.
~ Henry James
But pity there was none. For all his old age, and his one arm, and his blind eyes, he must die the death and be murdered, in order to light the gay bridals and other merry-makings of men, and also to illuminate the solemn churches that preach unconditional inoffensiveness by all to all.
~ Herman Melville
He looked as one whom Lord Death has groomed for his own.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim.
~ Michael Douglas