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title: "4 Terrifying Darkness Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-wolfe/there-came-to-him-an-image-of-man-s-whole-life-upon-the-earth-it/)

[Thomas Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-wolfe/)

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> [One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/one-is-responsible-to-life-it-is-the-small-beacon-in-that-terrifying/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [“I look down past the stars to a terrifying darkness. I seem to recognize the place, but it's impossible. "Accident," I whisper.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/i-look-down-past-the-stars-to-a-terrifying-darkness-i-seem-to/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

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> [“If he was the sweet, terrifying darkness, I was the glittering light that only his shadows could make clear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/if-he-was-the-sweet-terrifying-darkness-i-was-the-glittering-light/)

[Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/)

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