Sulking Quotes

“I hate it when storm clouds roll in, heralded by dazzling claps of thunder and lightning that boast an ocean of tears. This majestic performance of bad temper manages to overshadow my pathetic attempts at pouting. No one broods like Mother Nature, hence she steals all the attention I was sulking after.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“I have the benefit of experience which tells me that sulking solves nothing”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“When Genya brought me my dinner tray, she found me curled up on my bunk, facing the wall.
“You should eat,” she said.
“Leave me alone.”
“Sulking gives you wrinkles.”
“Well, lying gives you warts,” I said sourly.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“What’s the good of that if I’m not on the House team?” said Malfoy, looking sulky and bad-tempered. “Harry Potter got a Nimbus Two Thousand last year. Special permission from Dumbledore so he could play for Gryffindor. He’s not even that good, it’s just because he’s famous … famous for having a stupid scar on his forehead. …”
Malfoy bent down to examine a shelf full of skulls.
“… everyone thinks he’s so smart, wonderful Potter with his scar and his broomstick —”
“You have told me this at least a dozen times already,” said Mr. Malfoy, with a quelling look at his son.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“It's not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it's not wrong to stand in a puddle of water while the rain pours down on your head. But neither is productive, unless you enjoy feeling cold and miserable and soggy while mascara runs down your face.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light.”
― Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

“The problem is, first take your eyes off the problem and focus on a solution.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Grief works its way on people differently. Some sulk, or become morose, or weep and scream a vengeance at the gods.”
― Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name

“The artistic disposition is little more than an extreme form of sulking.”
― Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey: A Portrait of This Charming Man by an Alarming Fan

“And like a child, I'd be testing the people who loved me, pulling away from them almost for the sole reason of seeing if anyone would come after me.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin

“We should add: it is a privilege to be the recipient of a sulk; it means the other person respects and trusts us enough to think we should understand their unspoken hurt. It is one of the odder gifts of love.”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

“Gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn’t call the behavior by that name.”
― Deanna Raybourn, A Perilous Undertaking

“When you walk around with a long face in the house, that is called conflict.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Since you're so quick with the texts, you could have provided me with a little help when I was negotiating the price of my sherwani. I can't believe how badly Deepa tried to rip me off."
"Are you sulking?" She stared at him, incredulous. "The big venture capitalist who just closed the company's fourth fund at $350 million is sulking because he was bested at negotiating the purchase of a traditional Indian wedding outfit for a fake wedding that will last ten minutes by a frail sixty-year-old woman for whom English is a second language."
"She wasn't frail.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“It’s often said there’s no sense dwelling on the past, but David disagreed.
Sometimes, there was nothing like a good old-fashioned sulk to clear your head and refocus it on what was important.”
― Daniel Thorman, The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure