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Forlorn Quotes

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Don Williams
Music, Stars, Forlorn

“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”

Jane Austen
Thinking, Forlorn, Said
"The Complete Novels of Jane Austen".

Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
Enemy, Disease, Forlorn
"La Seconde Semaine". Poem by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, 1584.

On tiptoes the redhead wouldn't even reach my shoulders; she is clearly too young to be a bride. And the willowy girl is too forlorn. And I am too unwilling. Yet here we are.

Lauren DeStefano
Girl, Tiptoes, Forlorn
Lauren DeStefano (2011). “The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

and nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old

Jack Kerouac
Rags, Growing, Forlorn
Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.366, Penguin

In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

Dick Cavett
Ghost, Miserable, Forlorn
Dick Cavett (2010). “Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets”, p.16, Macmillan

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

David Mitchell
Footprint, Forlorn, Trails
David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.8, Random House Group

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