--- title: "11 Say Light Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Say Light quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Say Light sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/a-b-shepherd-18924_dark_why-was-it-always-easier-to-say-the-thin_1952219.jpg" --- > [“Why was it always easier to say the things in the dark, you couldn’t say in the light?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-shepherd/why-was-it-always-easier-to-say-the-things-in-the-dark-you-couldn-t/) [A.B. Shepherd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-b-shepherd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/a-b-shepherd-18924_dark_why-was-it-always-easier-to-say-the-thin_1952219.jpg) > [“Who's to say my light is better than your darkness?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/who-s-to-say-my-light-is-better-than-your-darkness/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/daniel-keyes-3679_balance_who-s-to-say-my-light-is-better-than-you_1799307.png) > [Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/have-you-any-idea-how-many-children-it-takes-to-turn-off-one-light-in/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/erma-bombeck-780_children_have-you-any-idea-how-many-children-it-t_2742394.png) > [Have you any idea how many kids it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/have-you-any-idea-how-many-kids-it-takes-to-turn-off-one-light-in-the/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/erma-bombeck-780_children_have-you-any-idea-how-many-kids-it-takes_1795118.jpg) > [Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/who-s-to-say-that-my-light-is-better-than-your-darkness-who-s-to-say/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/daniel-keyes-3679_darkness_who-s-to-say-that-my-light-is-better-tha_125323.png) > [“You're good for me," I say. "The light to my shade." "Then you're the night to my day. A person needs both,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-hall/you-re-good-for-me-i-say-the-light-to-my-shade-then-you-re-the-night/) [Leanne Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leanne-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/leanne-hall-20435_jethro_you-re-good-for-me-i-say-the-light-to-my_91456.jpg) > [“You don’t have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/you-don-t-have-to-say-everything-to-be-a-light-sometimes-a-fire-built/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/shannon-l-alder-363_aquaintances_you-don-t-have-to-say-everything-to-be-a_172996.jpg) > [“I understand how a word others use every day can become something whispered in the dark to soothe a wound that just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ay-b-mi-ad-b-y/i-understand-how-a-word-others-use-every-day-can-become-something/) [Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ay-b-mi-ad-b-y/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/ay-b-mi-ad-b-y-35131_every-day_i-understand-how-a-word-others-use-every_1905617.jpg) > [“I’m not sure. But there’s something about the darkness, the stillness of this hour, I think, that creates a language of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/i-m-not-sure-but-there-s-something-about-the-darkness-the-stillness/) [Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/tahereh-mafi-229_beautiful-writing_i-m-not-sure-but-there-s-something-about_2591502.jpg) > [Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/is-it-possible-for-the-rose-to-say-i-will-give-my-fragrance-to-the/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a7/anthony-de-mello-1331_evil_is-it-possible-for-the-rose-to-say-i-wil_1589162.png) > [“The true division of humanity is this: the luminous and the dark. To diminish the number of the dark, to increase the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-true-division-of-humanity-is-this-the-luminous-and-the-dark-to/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/victor-hugo-32_enlightenment_the-true-division-of-humanity-is-this-th_1267978.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-light/#itemlist", "name": "Say Light Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why was it always easier to say the things in the dark, you couldn’t say in the light?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A.B. 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