432 Quotes About Melancholy

  • Author Victoria Álvarez
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    Las promesas que le había susurrado en la cueva regresaron de repente a sus oídos con tanta claridad como si las estuviera oyendo de nuevo. «Cuando pronuncie tu nombre después de la lluvia tendrá una sonoridad especial —le había dicho—, como si todos estos años hubiera anidado entre mis labios esperando a ser proclamado en voz alta.» Ahora sabía que no había sido más que un sueño: se había equivocado al decirle que la tormenta no duraría para siempre.

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  • Author Steven Wilson
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    There's a lot of beauty to be found in sadness and melancholia. One of the things that you find time and time again - not just with music, but with literature - is that things that appear to be quite depressing on the surface can ironically be very uplifting and touching to other people. When you hear something that really reminds you that you're not alone in feeling sad, depressed, melancholic, angry - I think that can actually be a very cathartic experience.

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  • Author Dodie Smith
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    How indescribable the scent of autumn flowers was– barely a scent at all, really; just a faint, strange smell, pleasant but sad. Could a smell be sad or was it just the association with the dying summer?

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  • Author Jerzy Kosiński
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    Had it been possible for me to fix the plane permanently in the sky, to defy the winds and clouds and all the forces pushing it upward and pulling it earthward, I would have willingly done so. I would have stayed in my seat with my eyes closed, all strength and passion gone, my mind as quiescent as a coat rack under a forgotten hat, and I would have remained there, timeless, unmeasured, unjudged, bothering no one, suspended forever between my past and my future.

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