--- title: "11 Darkened Room Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Darkened Room quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Darkened Room sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/kevin-brockmeier-11982_every-step_was-that-what-it-meant-to-be-alive-movin_831378.png" --- > [“Was that what it meant to be alive - moving from a brightly lit corridor into a darkened room at every step?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brockmeier/was-that-what-it-meant-to-be-alive-moving-from-a-brightly-lit/) [Kevin Brockmeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brockmeier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/kevin-brockmeier-11982_every-step_was-that-what-it-meant-to-be-alive-movin_831378.png) > [We're really trying to give people the ability to go into a darkened room and have a couple hours of just pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-cheadle/we-re-really-trying-to-give-people-the-ability-to-go-into-a-darkened/) [Don Cheadle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-cheadle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/don-cheadle-10276_ability_we-re-really-trying-to-give-people-the-a_95171.jpg) > [“Her smile was like a swift light passing across a darkened room. ("Hair")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-aiken/her-smile-was-like-a-swift-light-passing-across-a-darkened-room-hair/) [Joan Aiken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-aiken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/joan-aiken-26140_smile_her-smile-was-like-a-swift-light-passing_3196149.jpg) > [“Stories open the door to the darkened room. Language can carry us past the horror to the sense of purpose in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/stories-open-the-door-to-the-darkened-room-language-can-carry-us-past/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/dorothy-allison-2041_darkness_stories-open-the-door-to-the-darkened-ro_556321.png) > [“There was a silence. The evening darkened in the room. Noiselessly and with silver feet the shadows crept in from the garden.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-was-a-silence-the-evening-darkened-in-the-room-noiselessly-and/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/oscar-wilde-16_gardening_there-was-a-silence-the-evening-darkened_563464.jpg) > [When I was a kid I sort of sat in a darkened room a lot of the time. I was very lonely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-evans/when-i-was-a-kid-i-sort-of-sat-in-a-darkened-room-a-lot-of-the-time-i/) [Lee Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/lee-evans-4645_imagination_when-i-was-a-kid-i-sort-of-sat-in-a-dark_141114.png) > [“We didn't sit down after the waltz because the next set was fox trots. Someone had turned out the overhead lights and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-cohen/we-didn-t-sit-down-after-the-waltz-because-the-next-set-was-fox-trots/) [Barbara Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/barbara-cohen-28364_darkened-room_we-didn-t-sit-down-after-the-waltz-becau_2533646.jpg) > [You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrien-brody/you-go-to-a-theater-you-re-in-a-darkened-room-and-you-watch-someone/) [Adrien Brody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrien-brody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/adrien-brody-10538_children_you-go-to-a-theater-you-re-in-a-darkened_2283729.png) > [Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, a shadow on those features fair and thin. And softly, from the hushed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/then-fell-upon-the-house-a-sudden-gloom-a-shadow-on-those-features/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_angel_then-fell-upon-the-house-a-sudden-gloom_3220324.jpg) > [“I shall sit alone in a darkened room, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything but a little grey old head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/i-shall-sit-alone-in-a-darkened-room-sans-teeth-sans-eyes-sans-taste/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/douglas-adams-122_blue-and-gold_i-shall-sit-alone-in-a-darkened-room-san_1352154.png) > [The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-gombrich/the-photographic-enthusiast-likes-to-lure-us-into-a-darkened-room-in/) [Ernst Gombrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-gombrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/ernst-gombrich-30726_achieve_the-photographic-enthusiast-likes-to-lur_3129864.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkened-room/#itemlist", "name": "Darkened Room Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Was that what it meant to be alive - moving from a brightly lit corridor into a darkened room at every step? 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