Glum Quotes

One day in the afternoon of the world, glum death will come and sit in you, and when you get up to walk, you will be as glum as death, but if you're lucky, this will only make the fun better and the love greater. (William Saroyan)
If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath, I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, And speed glum heroes up the line of death. View quote
Siegfried Sassoon
As always, the blessed relief of starting, a feeling that was like falling into a hole filled with bright light. As always, the glum knowledge that he would not write as well as he wanted to write. As always the terror of not being able to finish, of accelerating into a brick wall. As always, the marvelous joyful nervy feeling of journey begun. View quote
Stephen King
Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away. View quote
Ellis Peters
Women shouldn't be in combat, said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. Neither should men, in my opinion. View quote
Lois McMaster Bujold
Ben Bova seems to work very hard at working in new discoveries into his Glum Future but alas, his future is glum and not that well written. View quote
James Nicoll
Hey son, don't look so glum. The goddam movie'd be awright if only had a few more shots of Robbie! View quote
Ronnie Hawkins
I run because if I didn't, I'd be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run...to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that. View quote
Dean Karnazes
Quentin looked glum and shook his head. "Unleashing the appetites is not freedom, but another type of slavery. Freedom in the absence of virtue will destroy a country as quickly as any tyranny.” Victor said, "Virtue imposed from without is not virtue at all, but merely prudence. A man who avoids lying merely because a law tells him to tell the truth will avoid telling the truth as soon as the law tells him to lie.”. View quote
John C. Wright
After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard. View quote
James Wolcott
Milligan! Come and tell us why you're so dreadfully glum!" ~ Constance, The Mysterious Benedict Society. (Trenton Lee Stewart)
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. View quote
William R. Alger
No business before breakfast, Glum says the King. Breakfast first, business next. View quote
William Makepeace Thackeray
Glum. It meant having the blues in a way that annoyed other people. Having the blues aggressively. View quote
Gillian Schieber Flynn
Germany's Angela Merkel exudes an atmosphere of elderly exhaustion and pooped-out pessimism. Britain's David Cameron, though by nature exuberant, feels he has to look and sound glum. And France's leader, Francois Hollande, seems determined to drive every successful businessman out of the country. View quote
Paul Johnson