“The walls flickered in the candlelight. The room felt close and warm, like an underground sanctuary.” — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night. — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
Women don't want all that. Women just want a partner who is considerate and attentive, who will spoon with them while reciting… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Come here into the candlelight. I’m not afraid to look at the dead. For when the dead come they have as much… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I don't know how to be sexy on a date. Put up a camera and a wind machine, and I'll give you… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Would you have your hand back, Eugenides? And lose Attolia? And see Attolia lost to the Mede?' Eugenides's eyes were open. In… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Work a great deal at evening effects, lamplight, candlelight, etc. The intriguing thing is not to show the source of the light… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like torture. Torture is photogenic. If you make horror movies, you always have to think what's photogenic and what's not. If… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
“When his flock thronged into the midnight service, there was wonder on every face at the newly hung greens and the softly… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Their wedding night was in all truth a thing of beauty: the splendor of the celebrations, the hushed intimacy of a private… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Mircea must have heard us come in, but he continued what he was doing. He stood with his back to us, the… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
I think we all look for clues that we are not utterly alone... Clues we find in literature and paintings and music… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
There is no evil and there are no evil forces in the world. There are only people of awareness, and there are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The table was a pool of candlelight -- so bright that the rest of the room seemed almost black, with the faces… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Yet, when struck at a particular angle by a flicker of candlelight from the chandelier, its heart of wine-drenched velvet shone through.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Be gentle with me, new love. Treat me tenderly. I need the gentle touch, the soft voice, the candlelight after nine. There's… — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would… — Pippa Middleton Copy Share Image
Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight. — Nancy Lublin Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your… — Juno Temple Copy Share Image
I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
“Lee followed, more relaxed to be led into the now familiar beauty of candlelight and the soft music of a banquet in… — Jim Provenzano Copy Share Image
I don't think I am a traditional romantic who thinks about candlelight dinners and wonders if my husband is going to bring… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Jared looked around the room. It was a smallish library, with one huge desk in the center. On it was an open… — Tony DiTerlizzi Copy Share Image
Counting stars by candlelight all are dim but one is bright; the spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from… — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
Oh, if I had had a friend at this moment, a friend in an attic room, dreaming by candlelight and with a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
