Need help with finding flowers that can thrive off light, not direct sunlight

I'd like to start looking after some flowers to prevent myself from doing anything stupid while I'm depressed, and I'd love to have a shelf in my bedroom for them. The problem is, only my desk is in front of the window and I don't have space to put flowers there, so I'd have to have the shelf on the opposite side and where sunlight isn't direct. I'd love some flowers with different colours too, so they bloom beautifully when they're grown.