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title: "6 Darkness Crept Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Darkness Crept quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Darkness Crept sayings and thoughts."
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> [I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept in from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-mealer/i-could-feel-myself-begin-to-recede-to-tip-and-lose-balance-slide/)

[Bryan Mealer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-mealer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/bryan-mealer-95523_balance_i-could-feel-myself-begin-to-recede-to-t_170564.png)

> [“Happiness was a shield that veiled me not only from the hardships of the world but also from the real me. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alka-dimri-saklani-beyond-secrets/happiness-was-a-shield-that-veiled-me-not-only-from-the-hardships-of/)

[Alka Dimri Saklani, Beyond Secrets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alka-dimri-saklani-beyond-secrets/)

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> [I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept from outside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-mealer/i-could-feel-myself-begin-to-recede-to-tip-and-lose-balance-slide-2/)

[Bryan Mealer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-mealer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/bryan-mealer-95523_balance_i-could-feel-myself-begin-to-recede-to-t_285964.png)

> [A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-horizon-and-then-dripped-over-and/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/john-steinbeck-71_bloody_a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-hori_1021068.jpg)

> [“For half a century he had stood too close to darkness, and some it crept into his bones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/for-half-a-century-he-had-stood-too-close-to-darkness-and-some-it/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/max-gladstone-15824_darkness_for-half-a-century-he-had-stood-too-clos_2583847.jpg)

> [“I curled into a ball under the thin covers, trying to get warm. Despite the moonlight, darkness crept in, cold and complete,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-matson/i-curled-into-a-ball-under-the-thin-covers-trying-to-get-warm-despite/)

[Lynne Matson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-matson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/lynne-matson-71131_darkness_i-curled-into-a-ball-under-the-thin-cove_2763532.jpg)

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