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title: "19 Light Said Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Light Said quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Light Said sayings and thoughts."
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> [Let there be light! Said Liberty , And like sunrise from the sea, Athens arose!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/let-there-be-light-said-liberty-and-like-sunrise-from-the-sea-athens/)

[Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“Switch on the light, she said, I want to know if this is real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/switch-on-the-light-she-said-i-want-to-know-if-this-is-real/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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> ['Eveything is made of light,' he said, 'and the space between isn't empty.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-angel-ruiz/eveything-is-made-of-light-he-said-and-the-space-between-isn-t-empty/)

[Miguel Angel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-angel-ruiz/)

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> [God Said: Let there be light! I said: Say please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/god-said-let-there-be-light-i-said-say-please/)

[Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/)

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> [“Tom, I wonder’—upon which Mr. Gradgrind, who was the person overhearing, stepped forth into the light and said, ‘Louisa, never wonder!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/tom-i-wonder-upon-which-mr-gradgrind-who-was-the-person-overhearing/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Let there be light!” said God, and there was light! “Let there be blood!” says man, and there’s a sea! —Lord Byron,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-liparulo/let-there-be-light-said-god-and-there-was-light-let-there-be-blood/)

[Robert Liparulo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-liparulo/)

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> [“The head's a cloud anchor that the feet must follow. Travel light, he said, or don't travel at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/the-head-s-a-cloud-anchor-that-the-feet-must-follow-travel-light-he/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/jim-harrison-2941_poetry_the-head-s-a-cloud-anchor-that-the-feet_111600.jpg)

> [“You said somebody beat me to damning you.” “Melodrama. Did it curry favor? You kissed me.” You don‘t feel damned?” “God said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/you-said-somebody-beat-me-to-damning-you-melodrama-did-it-curry-favor/)

[Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/)

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> [“Every person according to his light," said Ames "You must help the world express itself. Use will make your powers endure...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/every-person-according-to-his-light-said-ames-you-must-help-the-world/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

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> [“I said, “Show me what to do.” He said, Die. I said, “The water has turned into oil.” He said, Die. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-said-show-me-what-to-do-he-said-die-i-said-the-water-has-turned/)

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

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> [When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you," he said, and straightened, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/when-i-am-in-the-darkness-i-want-to-think-of-it-in-the-light-with-you-2/)

[Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/)

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> [“Remember, God didn't say, 'I'm gonna make light now,' he said, 'Let there be light.' His first act was to allow light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/remember-god-didn-t-say-i-m-gonna-make-light-now-he-said-let-there-be/)

[Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/)

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> [By the light," he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-croggon/by-the-light-he-said-when-he-had-mastered-himself-i-think-that-beats/)

[Alison Croggon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-croggon/)

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> [“They don’t kill you unless you light them,” he said as Mom arrived at the curb. “And I’ve never lit one. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/they-don-t-kill-you-unless-you-light-them-he-said-as-mom-arrived-at/)

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

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> [“Everything is made of light,” he said, “and the space in-between isn’t empty.” And he knew that everything that exists is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-ruiz/everything-is-made-of-light-he-said-and-the-space-in-between-isn-t/)

[Miguel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-ruiz/)

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> [“You can curse the moon Curse the day your’re born But the pilot of your plane is you We’re all in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-wheaton/you-can-curse-the-moon-curse-the-day-your-re-born-but-the-pilot-of/)

[Phyllis Wheaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-wheaton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/phyllis-wheaton-70911_curse_you-can-curse-the-moon-curse-the-day-you_295011.jpg)

> [“One day, as he slept in a cave, he dreamed that he saw his own body sleeping. He came out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-ruiz/one-day-as-he-slept-in-a-cave-he-dreamed-that-he-saw-his-own-body/)

[Miguel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-ruiz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/miguel-ruiz-3193_astronomy_one-day-as-he-slept-in-a-cave-he-dreamed_1958227.jpg)

> [“That better not be what I think it is," Joe mumbled in the dark. It was. "It's not. Jeez, woman, someone's paranoid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-mathewson/that-better-not-be-what-i-think-it-is-joe-mumbled-in-the-dark-it-was/)

[R.L. Mathewson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-mathewson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/r-l-mathewson-3630_eric_that-better-not-be-what-i-think-it-is-jo_2420126.jpg)

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