Gloomy Quotes - Page 8

• People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

  Michael Haneke

  Writing, Dark, Artist

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• Vivir sin sentir ni suscitar simpatía, ser afortunado sin contribuir a la felicidad de los demás, o afligido sin probar el bálsamo de la piedad, es un estado más sombrío que la soledad; no es retiro, sino exclusión de la humanidad. El matrimonio tiene muchas penas, pero el celibato no tiene placeres.

  Samuel Johnson

  Pain, Solitude, Feelings

  Rasselas ch. 26 (1759)

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• He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end- death. These thoughts were familiar to him, many times had he turned them over this way and that, first shuddering at the probability of annihilation, then welcoming it, almost rejoicing in it. Suddenly a peculiarly familiar agitation took possession of him... He mused awhile, sat down at the table, and wrote down the following lines in his sacred copy-book, without a single correction.

  Iván Turguéniev

  Book, Fall, Reflection

  Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.870, Delphi Classics

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• I've been accused countless times of writing gloomy futures. But to me, the texture of my sci-fi just feels like an extrapolation of current trends.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Writing, Texture, Trends

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• She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of late fell away. The wood that had been so gloomy was a place of sunlight and song; had red roses sprung up around me I had felt no wonder. She came softly and slowly with bent head and hanging arms, not knowing that I was near. I went not to meet her - it was my fancy to have her come to me still - but when she raised her eyes and saw me I fell upon my knees.

  Mary Johnston

  Love, Song, Eye

  Mary Johnston (1857). “To Have and to Hold”, p.339, Library of Alexandria

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• Aunque el amor habita en magníficos palacios y suntuosos apartamentos con más gusto que en miserables y desoladas cabañas, no puede negarse que a veces hace sentir su poder en los sombríos recovecos de los bosques, entre las montañas más sombrías y escabrosas, y en las lóbregas cuevas de un desierto.

  Giovanni Boccaccio

  Climbing, Mountain, Desert

  Giovanni Boccaccio, Charles Balguy (1822). “The decameron, or, Ten days' entertainment, of Boccaccio:”, p.148

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• The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a man is gloomy, that may be dyspepsia, but it is not religion. Misery is caused by sin, and by no other cause. What business have you with clouded faces? It is terrible. If you have a clouded face, do not go out that day, shut yourself up in your room. What right have you to carry this disease out into the world?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Religious, Men, Cheerful

  Swami Vivekananda (2011). “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, p.59, Duncan Baird Publishers

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• Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love so tender, with sympathy so exquisite, with power so illimitable, with resources so boundless, with a nature so changeless, stands before us and says to each trembling heart, 'Fear not!'

  Octavio Winslow

  Jesus, Loneliness, Heart

  Octavius Winslow (1860). “Divine Realities; or, spiritual reflections for the saint and sinner”, p.19

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• Creo que el general Washington no confiaba firmemente en la durabilidad de nuestro gobierno. Era desconfiado por naturaleza e inclinado a las aprensiones sombrías; y siempre estuve persuadido de que la creencia de que acabaríamos en algo parecido a una constitución británica tuvo algún peso en su adopción de las ceremonias de diques, cumpleaños, reuniones pomposas con el Congreso y otras formas del mismo carácter, calculadas para prepararnos gradualmente para un cambio que él creía posible, y dejar que se produjera con la menor conmoción posible para la mente pública.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Creer, Carácter, Hombres

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.237

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• Fui modesto--me acusaron de ser astuto: me volví reservado. Me sentía profundamente bueno y malo: nadie me acariciaba, todos me ofendían: Me volví rencoroso. Me sentía sombrío--otros niños eran alegres y habladores. Me sentía superior a ellos, pero me consideraban inferior: Me volví envidioso. Estaba dispuesto a amar al mundo entero, pero nadie me comprendía, y aprendí a odiar.

  Mijaíl Lermontov

  Niños, Odio, Maldad

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• Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights. What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative! Madeleine felt safe with a nineteenth century novel. There were going to be people in it. Something was going to happen to them in a place resembling the world. Then too there were lots of weddings in Wharton and Austen. There were all kinds of irresistible gloomy men.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Reading, Men, Hands

  "The Marriage Plot: A Novel". Book by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011.

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• The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness; that is, she will never become a saint. Let her not delude herself - unless it is the Spirit of God who is speaking through her, for then she must not keep silent. But, in order to hear the voice of God, one has to have silence in one's soul and to keep silence; not a gloomy silence but an interior silence; that is to say, recollection in God.

  María Faustina Kowalska

  Religious, Voice, Order

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• No quiero parecer pesimista, pero, en algún momento de sus vidas, cada uno de ustedes se dará cuenta de que tiene en su vida una persona, un amigo al que quiere y cuida mucho. Esa persona está tan cerca de ti que sólo puedes compartir algunas cosas con ella. Por ejemplo, puedes llamar a ese amigo, y desde la primera risa maníaca o alguna otra broma sabrás quién está al otro lado de la línea. Solíamos hacer eso con él muy a menudo. Y cuando esa persona se vaya, no habrá nada parecido en tu vida nunca más.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Laughing, Sound

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• But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.

  Siegfried Sassoon

  Morning, Thoughtful, Soul

  Siegfried Sassoon (1949). "Poemas reunidos"

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• It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to know that much. I knew she could not be unmaidenly; and yet I yearned for conviction. Now I am glad!' It was a little golden thread running through the dark web of his present fortunes; which were growing ever gloomier and more gloomy.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Running, Brother, Dark

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1297, Delphi Classics

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• His black eyes sliced into me, and the corners of his mouth tilted up. My heart fumbled a bit and in that pause, a feeling of gloomy darkness seemed to slide like a shadow over me. It vanished in an instant but I was still staring at him. His smile wasn't friendly. It was a smile that spelled trouble. With a promise.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Heart, Darkness

  "Hush, Hush". Book by Becca Fitzpatrick, 2010.

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• En la historia del mundo muchas almas han sido, son y serán, y con un poco de reflexión esto es maravilloso y no deprimente. Muchos imbéciles se ponen melancólicos al respecto, pues piensan que la cantidad los entierra vivos. Eso es una locura. Los números son muy peligrosos, pero lo principal de ellos es que humillan tu orgullo. Y eso es bueno.

  Saul Bellow

  Deprimente, Loco, Humilde

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• If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul.

  Kim Hyesoon

  Korea, People, Political

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

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• El mero hombre de placer es miserable en la vejez, y el mero aburrido en los negocios es poco mejor, mientras que la filosofía natural, la ciencia matemática y mecánica, son una fuente continua de placer tranquilo, y a pesar de los dogmas sombríos de los sacerdotes y de la superstición, el estudio de estas cosas es la verdadera teología; enseña al hombre a conocer y admirar al Creador, porque los principios de la ciencia están en la creación, y son inmutables y de origen divino.

  Thomas Paine

  Filosofía, Conocimiento, Ciencia

  Thomas Paine (2003). "La edad de la razón", p.118, Book Tree

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• I view it as one of the greatest crimes to shadow the minds of the young with these gloomy superstitions, and with fears of the unknown and the unknowable to poison all their joy in life.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Views, Joy, Mind

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898). “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897”, p.44, UPNE

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• La perspectiva de la penuria en la edad es tan sombría y aterradora que todo hombre que mire hacia delante debe resolver evitarla; y debe evitarse generalmente mediante la ciencia del ahorro. Porque, aunque en todas las épocas hay algunos que, por aventuras audaces o por accidentes favorables, se enriquecen súbitamente, es peligroso abrigar esperanzas de tan raros sucesos; y la mayor parte de la humanidad debe su opulencia a ganancias pequeñas y graduales, por debajo de las cuales sus gastos deben ser resueltamente reducidos.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Adventure, Men, Rare Events

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• For years The National has been labeled as a gloomy kind of rock bandI think mostly because of Matt’s deep baritone voice, which even if he is singing about unicorns and butterflies, he just sounds sad most of the time.

  Bryce Dessner

  Butterfly, Thinking, Rocks

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• If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in observing the depths to which human behaviour can sink. The more sin he sees, the more his belief in Original Sin is confirmed. Everyone likes to have his deepest convictions confirmed; that is one of the most abiding of human satisfaction.

  Anthony Burgess

  Depth, Abiding, Behaviour

  "The Wanting Seed".

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• People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.

  Billy Corgan

  Thinking, People, Listening

  "A Few Words From Billy Corgan". Playboy Interview, May 1997.

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• Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Eye

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