Sullen Quotes
And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.
1918 'Strange Meeting', collected in Poems (published1920).
Gary Shteyngart (2010). “Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel”, p.158, Random House
In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.
David Hume (1870). “Essays, Literary, Moral, and Political”, p.88
The universe is based on sullen entropy; It falls apart as it goes on
Song: The Devil's Coachman
All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.
Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes”, p.83
Anna Wickham (1971). “Selected poems”, Chatto & Windus
Michel de Montaigne (1908). “The Essays of Michel de Montaigne”
In the evenings there's been thunder, a distant bumping and stumbling, like God on a sullen binge.
Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.48, Anchor
'Il Penseroso' (1645) l. 73
Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.149, Penguin Group
Allen Tate (2014). “Collected Poems, 1919-1976”, p.136, Macmillan