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title: "19 Silence Darkness Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Silence Darkness quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Silence Darkness sayings and thoughts."
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> [There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/there-is-beauty-in-everything-even-in-silence-and-darkness/)

[Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/)

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> [Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/silence-and-darkness-were-all-i-craved-well-i-get-a-certain-amount-of/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [Silence and darkness fills my night. I pray for light, as I kiss the world goodnight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/silence-and-darkness-fills-my-night-i-pray-for-light-as-i-kiss-the/)

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

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> [I sometimes like to sit in the silence and darkness and listen to my heart shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-d-gilroy/i-sometimes-like-to-sit-in-the-silence-and-darkness-and-listen-to-my/)

[Frank D. Gilroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-d-gilroy/)

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> [“silence was darkness, and that naming shone a light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/silence-was-darkness-and-that-naming-shone-a-light/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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> [The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/the-word-must-be-heard-in-silence-there-must-be-darkness-to-see-the/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“And so silence and ...darkness hold happiness and joy?" he said softly. "Assuredly," she said, "provided one listens to the silence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/and-so-silence-and-darkness-hold-happiness-and-joy-he-said-softly/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-communicate-like-the-burrows-of-foxes-in-silence-and-darkness/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [I wonder about silence. Also about darkness. I love the idea that city lights are a "conspiracy" against higher thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-wonder-about-silence-also-about-darkness-i-love-the-idea-that-city/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [“I ask you again / You who watch / How can there ever be any ending but this? First silence / Then darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-power/i-ask-you-again-you-who-watch-how-can-there-ever-be-any-ending-but/)

[Ben Power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-power/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/ben-power-222657_darkness_i-ask-you-again-you-who-watch-how-can-th_343794.jpg)

> [“Then the dog began to moan in old Salamano’s room, and through the sleep-bound house the little plaintive sound rose slowly, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-the-dog-began-to-moan-in-old-salamano-s-room-and-through-the/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/albert-camus-47_dog_then-the-dog-began-to-moan-in-old-salama_2136152.jpg)

> [This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-is-and-thou-art-there-is-no-safety-there-is-no-end-the-word-must/)

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

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> [In the silence, in the darkness, swept away by these alien alkaloids and the plant-mind behind them, you find out a truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/in-the-silence-in-the-darkness-swept-away-by-these-alien-alkaloids/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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> [“Our lives are so brief and unimportant. The cosmos cares nothing for us. For what we've done; Had we wrought evil instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/assassins-creed/our-lives-are-so-brief-and-unimportant-the-cosmos-cares-nothing-for/)

[Assassins creed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/assassins-creed/)

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> [If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loren-eiseley/if-you-cannot-bear-the-silence-and-the-darkness-do-not-go-there-if/)

[Loren Eiseley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loren-eiseley/)

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> [“There, I said to myself, are the reasons for the silence and darkness that surround the library: it is the preserve of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-i-said-to-myself-are-the-reasons-for-the-silence-and-darkness/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/umberto-eco-313_books_there-i-said-to-myself-are-the-reasons-f_2253927.jpg)

> [“Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room, I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/whenever-i-see-the-alcove-of-a-tastefully-built-japanese-room-i/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/junichiro-tanizaki-29320_darkness_whenever-i-see-the-alcove-of-a-tastefull_485840.jpg)

> [“Until we understand what the land is, we are at odds with everything we touch. And to come to that understanding it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/until-we-understand-what-the-land-is-we-are-at-odds-with-everything/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/wendell-berry-236_creation_until-we-understand-what-the-land-is-we_2360167.jpg)

> [“It was an almost supernatural power, I sometimes came to think (though immediately I mocked the idea), making normally talkative people like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/it-was-an-almost-supernatural-power-i-sometimes-came-to-think-though/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

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