--- title: "9 Felt Dark Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Felt Dark quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Felt Dark sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/lorrie-moore-870_love_and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all_3092404.png" --- > [“And it was then that she first felt all the dark love and shame that came from the pure accident of home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all-the-dark-love-and-shame-that/) [Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/lorrie-moore-870_love_and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all_3092404.png) > [I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-ve-always-felt-that-dark-lyrics-with-dark-music-is-pretty-useless/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/andrew-bird-4041_boring_i-ve-always-felt-that-dark-lyrics-with-d_11037.png) > [What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/what-freezings-i-have-felt-what-dark-days-seen-what-old-december-s/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/william-shakespeare-4_absence_what-freezings-i-have-felt-what-dark-day_3124939.jpg) > [“Life had given me another sucker punch. I should have been used to it. I should have already known what was happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-hood/life-had-given-me-another-sucker-punch-i-should-have-been-used-to-it/) [Holly Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/holly-hood-7442_death_life-had-given-me-another-sucker-punch-i_2040791.jpg) > [I kind of wanted someone to rearrange the stars so they spelled out his words. I needed them big and bright, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/i-kind-of-wanted-someone-to-rearrange-the-stars-so-they-spelled-out/) [Kiera Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiera-cass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kiera-cass-496_astronomy_i-kind-of-wanted-someone-to-rearrange-th_178028.jpg) > [I left the library. Crossing the street, I was hit head-on by a brutal loneliness. I felt dark and hollow. Abandoned, unnoticed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/i-left-the-library-crossing-the-street-i-was-hit-head-on-by-a-brutal/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/nicole-krauss-920_abandoned_i-left-the-library-crossing-the-street-i_2180046.png) > [Being a correspondent at the Vietnam war for me was about exposing myself to danger but it wasn't completely self-serving. I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/being-a-correspondent-at-the-vietnam-war-for-me-was-about-exposing/) [Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/philip-caputo-27862_danger_being-a-correspondent-at-the-vietnam-war_36150.jpg) > [“Cork wished there were a forecast for his spirit. He felt the dark and the cold penetrating deep in him. He wondered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/cork-wished-there-were-a-forecast-for-his-spirit-he-felt-the-dark-and/) [William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/william-kent-krueger-10066_religion_cork-wished-there-were-a-forecast-for-hi_568544.jpg) > [The sky was electric blue above the trees but the yard felt dark. Stephanie went to the edge of the lawn and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/the-sky-was-electric-blue-above-the-trees-but-the-yard-felt-dark/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/jennifer-egan-825_blue_the-sky-was-electric-blue-above-the-tree_761176.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-dark/#itemlist", "name": "Felt Dark Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And it was then that she first felt all the dark love and shame that came from the pure accident of home, the deep and arbitrary place that happened to be yours.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lorrie Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all-the-dark-love-and-shame-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/lorrie-moore-870_love_and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all_3092404.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/lorrie-moore-870_love_and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all_3092404.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/lorrie-moore-870_love_and-it-was-then-that-she-first-felt-all_3092404.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And it was then that she first felt all the dark love and shame that came from the pure accident of home…” — Lorrie Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. 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