--- title: "12 Dark Quiet Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Dark Quiet quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Dark Quiet sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/naoko-stoop-265318_dark_you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-a_3004213.jpg" --- > [“You have made it dark enough to see me and quiet enough to hear me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naoko-stoop/you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-and-quiet-enough-to-hear-me/) [Naoko Stoop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naoko-stoop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/naoko-stoop-265318_dark_you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-a_3004213.jpg) > [I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-springfield/i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that-wrote-poetry/) [Rick Springfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-springfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/rick-springfield-7747_dark_i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that_400856.jpg) > [“Why frighten little children with the dark when one can quiet them with it and lead them into dreams?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky/why-frighten-little-children-with-the-dark-when-one-can-quiet-them/) [Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky-31121_children_why-frighten-little-children-with-the-da_321757.jpg) > [I've developed this routine at home. I wait for the kids to go to bed; then my wife falls asleep. Then, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vile/i-ve-developed-this-routine-at-home-i-wait-for-the-kids-to-go-to-bed/) [Kurt Vile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/kurt-vile-4131_dark_i-ve-developed-this-routine-at-home-i-wa_2858147.jpg) > [“In the middle of a night, hunched over my computer, with the rest of the house dark and quiet, I feel a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-manning/in-the-middle-of-a-night-hunched-over-my-computer-with-the-rest-of/) [Martha Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/martha-manning-19786_computers_in-the-middle-of-a-night-hunched-over-my_1718042.jpg) > [“No, Damien Stark is just one of those dark, quiet types. He’s like an iceberg, Texas. The deep parts are well hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-kenner/no-damien-stark-is-just-one-of-those-dark-quiet-types-he-s-like-an/) [J. Kenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-kenner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/j-kenner-4828_dark_no-damien-stark-is-just-one-of-those-dar_3176356.jpg) > [“It was nice–in the dark and the quiet, with no possibility of me saying anything to screw it up, and her eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-with-no-possibility-of-me/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/john-green-12_eyes-looking_it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-wi_1365026.jpg) > [It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-and-her-eyes-looking-back-like/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/john-green-12_dark_it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-an_2869652.jpg) > [He is dark and quiet and completely different from me, which is exactly why I should put distance between us. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/he-is-dark-and-quiet-and-completely-different-from-me-which-is/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/jodi-picoult-45_dark_he-is-dark-and-quiet-and-completely-diff_2841604.jpg) > [“It was an escape from reality, pure and simple,” she said. “When we were out here, the rest of the world was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-knightley/it-was-an-escape-from-reality-pure-and-simple-she-said-when-we-were/) [Erin Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-knightley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/erin-knightley-32635_escape-from-reality_it-was-an-escape-from-reality-pure-and-s_139021.jpg) > [The dark is a quiet place. Reflection and contemplation are the only things to do in it. Well that, and imagine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brown/the-dark-is-a-quiet-place-reflection-and-contemplation-are-the-only/) [Tara Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/tara-brown-11135_contemplating_the-dark-is-a-quiet-place-reflection-and_484546.jpg) > [“Toward early morning he woke, sat up quickly and looked about him. It was still dark and the fire had long since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/toward-early-morning-he-woke-sat-up-quickly-and-looked-about-him-it/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/cormac-mccarthy-181_early-morning_toward-early-morning-he-woke-sat-up-quic_94815.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-quiet/#itemlist", "name": "Dark Quiet Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You have made it dark enough to see me and quiet enough to hear me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Naoko Stoop" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naoko-stoop/you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-and-quiet-enough-to-hear-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/naoko-stoop-265318_dark_you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-a_3004213.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/naoko-stoop-265318_dark_you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-a_3004213.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/naoko-stoop-265318_dark_you-have-made-it-dark-enough-to-see-me-a_3004213.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have made it dark enough to see me and quiet enough to hear me.” — Naoko Stoop", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rick Springfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-springfield/i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that-wrote-poetry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/rick-springfield-7747_dark_i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that_400856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/rick-springfield-7747_dark_i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that_400856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/rick-springfield-7747_dark_i-was-one-of-those-dark-quiet-kids-that_400856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.” — Rick Springfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why frighten little children with the dark when one can quiet them with it and lead them into dreams?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky/why-frighten-little-children-with-the-dark-when-one-can-quiet-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky-31121_children_why-frighten-little-children-with-the-da_321757.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky-31121_children_why-frighten-little-children-with-the-da_321757.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/sigizmund-krzhizhanovsky-31121_children_why-frighten-little-children-with-the-da_321757.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why frighten little children with the dark when one can quiet them with it and lead them into dreams?” — Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've developed this routine at home. 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