Darkness Quotes

3024 Darkness quotes by 1686 unique authors

She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy… — Terry Pratchett
You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is… — Annie Dillard
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she… — Leo Tolstoy
Bina, thank you. Bina, listen, this guy. His name wasn't Lasker. This guy-' She puts a hand to his mouth. She has not touched him… — Michael Chabon
Only in the darkness can you see the stars. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they… — Rita Dove
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the… — Victor Hugo
I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know how much of… — Sloane Crosley
There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose. — Cate Tiernan
Ah; but my courage fails me, and my heart is sick within me! —Lord, take pity on the Christian who doubts, on the skeptic who… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.… — Shirley Jackson
I am an act of kneading, of uniting and joining that not only has produced both a creature of darkness and a creature of light,… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright. — Stephen King
The prince of darkness is a gentleman! — William Shakespeare
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. — William Shakespeare
But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that darkness?' asked Drinian. Use?' replied Reepicheep. 'Use, Captain?' If you mean by filling our… — C.S. Lewis
The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of shape and the burden of exposure. Each thing… — John O'Donohue
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what… — John O'Donohue
We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no… — John O'Donohue
You have made me ashamed of the wasted years. You have made me acknowledge that no darkness has ever been deep enough to extinguish my… — Anne Rice
Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides… — J.R.R. Tolkien
[His] library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen there and always did. All you had to do was pull… — Ray Bradbury
As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing. — Mark Helprin

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