Threnody Quotes

#1. The house stank; a stench all its own pervaded every corner. It was a threnody in the key of Cat minor, with a ground-bass of Old Dog, and modulations of old people, waning lives, and relinquished hopes.

Robertson Davies

#2. He said his name was Kobi Chen-Tulsi. He said, "Tell Threnody Noon that the Prells are going to attack Grand Central." - The Crystal Horizon

Philip Reeve

#3. There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.

Ingmar Bergman

#4. I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.

Bobby Fischer

#5. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.

George Herbert

#6. Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being.

Frances Mayes

#7. The sound of natural things was wonderful to us. In the middle of all the suffering, it seemed pure, untouched.

Diet Eman

#8. Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent,

Milan Kundera

#9. Loyal prophets of an indifferent god" (on the topic of alcoholics, p.222)

Lev Grossman

#10. May the Lord revive the crushed spirit.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#11. In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

Henri J.M. Nouwen