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title: "8 Places Dark Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Places Dark quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Places Dark sayings and thoughts."
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> [Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/some-people-would-say-comedy-draws-from-some-dark-places-from-your/)

[Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/colin-firth-2891_comedy_some-people-would-say-comedy-draws-from_390646.png)

> [Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wasserman/don-t-go-looking-in-dark-places-because-dark-things-live-there/)

[Robin Wasserman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wasserman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/robin-wasserman-11713_dark_don-t-go-looking-in-dark-places-because_827014.png)

> [Who doesn't have a dark place somewhere inside him that comes out sometimes when he's looking in a mirror? Dark and light,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/who-doesn-t-have-a-dark-place-somewhere-inside-him-that-comes-out/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/macdonald-harris-42712_dark_who-doesn-t-have-a-dark-place-somewhere_1130934.jpg)

> [“Arin wondered if she would lift her eyes, but wasn’t worried he would be seen in the garden’s shadows. He knew the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-rutkoski/arin-wondered-if-she-would-lift-her-eyes-but-wasn-t-worried-he-would/)

[Marie Rutkoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-rutkoski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/marie-rutkoski-7339_dark_arin-wondered-if-she-would-lift-her-eyes_1464453.jpg)

> [Why must holy places be dark places?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-must-holy-places-be-dark-places/)

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

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> [“He knew the law of such things: people in brightly lit places cannot see into the dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-rutkoski/he-knew-the-law-of-such-things-people-in-brightly-lit-places-cannot/)

[Marie Rutkoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-rutkoski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/marie-rutkoski-7339_dark_he-knew-the-law-of-such-things-people-in_2407205.jpg)

> [“People in brightly lit places cannot see into the dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-rutkoski/people-in-brightly-lit-places-cannot-see-into-the-dark/)

[Marie Rutkoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-rutkoski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/marie-rutkoski-7339_dark_people-in-brightly-lit-places-cannot-see_2637782.jpg)

> [Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/holy-places-are-dark-places-it-is-life-and-strength-not-knowledge-and/)

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

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