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title: "12 Just Light Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Just Light quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Just Light sayings and thoughts."
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> [... you can't put out a light just because it may light the wrong person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-glaspell/you-can-t-put-out-a-light-just-because-it-may-light-the-wrong-person/)

[Susan Glaspell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-glaspell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/susan-glaspell-11255_light_you-can-t-put-out-a-light-just-because-i_1111562.png)

> [“Photographs are just light and time,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/photographs-are-just-light-and-time/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/john-green-12_john-green_photographs-are-just-light-and-time-9033_903315.jpg)

> [You are not one you are a Thousand. Just Light your Lantern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/you-are-not-one-you-are-a-thousand-just-light-your-lantern/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/rumi-56_lanterns_you-are-not-one-you-are-a-thousand-just_1074161.jpg)

> [so id burn this whole city down just to show you the light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-wentz/so-id-burn-this-whole-city-down-just-to-show-you-the-light/)

[Pete Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-wentz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/pete-wentz-1891_burn_so-id-burn-this-whole-city-down-just-to_691286.png)

> [Photography is just light remembering itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-uelsmann/photography-is-just-light-remembering-itself/)

[Jerry Uelsmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-uelsmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/jerry-uelsmann-19873_inspirational_photography-is-just-light-remembering-it_1733177.jpg)

> [Darkness is not always bad, just as light is not always good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-c-cast-2/darkness-is-not-always-bad-just-as-light-is-not-always-good/)

[P. C. Cast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-c-cast-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/p-c-cast-2-25939_darkness_darkness-is-not-always-bad-just-as-light_1029192.jpg)

> [Darkness is just light turned inside out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beelzebub/darkness-is-just-light-turned-inside-out/)

[Beelzebub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beelzebub/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/beelzebub-222518_beezlebub_darkness-is-just-light-turned-inside-out_3022053.jpg)

> [“It was just the light,’ she said, ‘up to its old tricks. But how was my heart to know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-perry/it-was-just-the-light-she-said-up-to-its-old-tricks-but-how-was-my/)

[Sarah Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-perry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/sarah-perry-16794_light_it-was-just-the-light-she-said-up-to-its_1286203.jpg)

> [“The Universe isn’t just a light show, they keep it running during the day too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-isn-t-just-a-light-show-they-keep-it-running-during-the/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-universe-isn-t-just-a-light-show-the_2017109.jpg)

> [Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-the-long-shadows-and-that-kind/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/john-green-12_kind_like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-t_1315775.jpg)

> [My wife jokes that any time I want to take a picture of her, it has nothing to do with her -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-morrison/my-wife-jokes-that-any-time-i-want-to-take-a-picture-of-her-it-has/)

[Rachel Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/rachel-morrison-9347_light_my-wife-jokes-that-any-time-i-want-to-ta_2696362.jpg)

> [“It’s a hard job, and a busy one. The lightkeepers have no union, not like the men on the store boats –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/it-s-a-hard-job-and-a-busy-one-the-lightkeepers-have-no-union-not/)

[M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/m-l-stedman-9230_hard-job_it-s-a-hard-job-and-a-busy-one-the-light_1615759.png)

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