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title: "8 Dark Crystal Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Dark Crystal quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dark Crystal sayings and thoughts."
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> [I grew up watching movies and being amazed at the animatronics you'd see in stuff like 'The Dark Crystal,' and all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-o-donoghue/i-grew-up-watching-movies-and-being-amazed-at-the-animatronics-you-d/)

[Colin O'Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-o-donoghue/)

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> [“Tell mea tale from the days when shadow cloaked the land, when the Dark Crystal and its missing shard had not yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kesel/tell-mea-tale-from-the-days-when-shadow-cloaked-the-land-when-the/)

[Barbara Kesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kesel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/barbara-kesel-222116_dark-crystal_tell-mea-tale-from-the-days-when-shadow_1150336.jpg)

> [We need new stories, but I am looking forward to 'The Dark Crystal'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hale-appleman/we-need-new-stories-but-i-am-looking-forward-to-the-dark-crystal/)

[Hale Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hale-appleman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/hale-appleman-26449_dark_we-need-new-stories-but-i-am-looking-for_1269016.jpg)

> ['Blade Runner' was one of several dystopian science-fiction films to tank in the early and middle '80s. 'Tron,' 'The Dark Crystal,' 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/blade-runner-was-one-of-several-dystopian-science-fiction-films-to/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/richard-corliss-4476_audience_blade-runner-was-one-of-several-dystopia_1287767.png)

> [But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-henson/but-with-the-dark-crystal-instead-of-puppetry-we-re-trying-to-go/)

[Jim Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-henson/)

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> [Watching 'Dark Crystal' now, having made Muppet films, it really strikes me just how ambitious that film is in terms of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bobin/watching-dark-crystal-now-having-made-muppet-films-it-really-strikes/)

[James Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bobin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/james-bobin-13164_ambitious_watching-dark-crystal-now-having-made-mu_1748680.jpg)

> [I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-patrick-harris/i-m-a-nerdy-geeky-fan-of-labyrinth-and-dark-crystal/)

[Neil Patrick Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-patrick-harris/)

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> [When my brother and I were small, somebody pointed out that we looked like something out of 'The Dark Crystal.' I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-ball/when-my-brother-and-i-were-small-somebody-pointed-out-that-we-looked/)

[Zoe Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-ball/)

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