--- title: "12 Place Darkness Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Place Darkness quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Place Darkness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/michelle-phan-263162_darkness_if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the_2862394.jpg" --- > [“If light is a place, then darkness is the way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-phan/if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the-way/) [Michelle Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-phan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/michelle-phan-263162_darkness_if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the_2862394.jpg) > [Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-grows/) [Kami Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kami-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/kami-garcia-543_darkness_lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-g_1057231.png) > [We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-is-no-darkness/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/george-orwell-57_darkness_we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-i_456610.jpg) > [“In this place, he knew instinctively, the lights would never be turned out. It was the place with no darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-this-place-he-knew-instinctively-the-lights-would-never-be-turned/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/george-orwell-57_darkness_in-this-place-he-knew-instinctively-the_251480.jpg) > [It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-prather/it-s-not-that-we-fear-the-place-of-darkness-but-that-we-don-t-think/) [Hugh Prather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-prather/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/hugh-prather-3404_darkness_it-s-not-that-we-fear-the-place-of-darkn_615825.png) > [In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-anderson/in-that-high-place-in-the-darkness-the-two-oddly-sensitive-human/) [Sherwood Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/sherwood-anderson-2780_atoms_in-that-high-place-in-the-darkness-the-t_255182.png) > [“The greatest thing you will ever give to the world is your committment to leave what you find in better condition than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tonny-k-brown/the-greatest-thing-you-will-ever-give-to-the-world-is-your/) [Tonny K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tonny-k-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/tonny-k-brown-14110_darkness_the-greatest-thing-you-will-ever-give-to_2054599.jpg) > [“We live in a sunlit world in which we believe to be our reality. But, there is, imperceptible by most, a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-d-johnson/we-live-in-a-sunlit-world-in-which-we-believe-to-be-our-reality-but/) [Lyndon D. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-d-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/lyndon-d-johnson-258352_darkness_we-live-in-a-sunlit-world-in-which-we-be_2538610.jpg) > [“Numbness was a mere purgatory of gray. No, there was a much worse place. Darkness masquerading as enlightenment. It was a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/numbness-was-a-mere-purgatory-of-gray-no-there-was-a-much-worse-place/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/neal-shusterman-412_buddhism_numbness-was-a-mere-purgatory-of-gray-no_2820682.png) > [I'm by no means a perfect human being. I experience more than half of my life perpetuating darkness. That was because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-i/i-m-by-no-means-a-perfect-human-being-i-experience-more-than-half-of/) [T.I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-i/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/t-i-3641_darkness_i-m-by-no-means-a-perfect-human-being-i_3217499.png) > [In Delhi the cars are getting bigger and sleeker, the hotels are getting posher, the gates are getting higher, and the guards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/in-delhi-the-cars-are-getting-bigger-and-sleeker-the-hotels-are/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/arundhati-roy-346_bigger_in-delhi-the-cars-are-getting-bigger-and_1869415.jpg) > [“The social organization of Heart of Darkness – captured in the corporate culture of the ‘Company’ – is a metonym for modernity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ross/the-social-organization-of-heart-of-darkness-captured-in-the/) [Stephen Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/stephen-ross-173273_blank-space_the-social-organization-of-heart-of-dark_106709.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/place-darkness/#itemlist", "name": "Place Darkness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If light is a place, then darkness is the way.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michelle Phan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-phan/if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/michelle-phan-263162_darkness_if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the_2862394.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/michelle-phan-263162_darkness_if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the_2862394.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/michelle-phan-263162_darkness_if-light-is-a-place-then-darkness-is-the_2862394.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If light is a place, then darkness is the way.” — Michelle Phan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kami Garcia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-grows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/kami-garcia-543_darkness_lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-g_1057231.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/kami-garcia-543_darkness_lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-g_1057231.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/kami-garcia-543_darkness_lies-lies-are-the-place-where-darkness-g_1057231.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.” — Kami Garcia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Orwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-is-no-darkness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/george-orwell-57_darkness_we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-i_456610.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/george-orwell-57_darkness_we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-i_456610.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/george-orwell-57_darkness_we-shall-meet-in-the-place-where-there-i_456610.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.” — George Orwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In this place, he knew instinctively, the lights would never be turned out. 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