Shadow Quotes

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If life has given us no more than a prison cell, let's at least decorate it as best we can-with the shadows of our dreams,… — Fernando Pessoa
How can this come about?" Mary asked. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," the angel answered, "and the power of the Most High will… — John of Damascus
Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You knew to veil… — Therese of Lisieux
The question is: Do we have a shadow government? And if we do, who are those intelligent minority that is guiding us through? And where… — Glenn Beck
The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs:… — Janet Morris
Why should she give her bounty to the dead? What is divinity if it can come Only in silent shadows and in dreams? — Wallace Stevens
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
He has outsoared the shadow of our night; envy and calumny and hate and pain, and that unrest which men miscall delight, can touch him… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime. — Herbert Ward
Good humor and enthusiasm should be the sunshine ahead that will keep that shadow behind. — Charles W. Field
Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing? — Thomas Huxley
Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it. — Ambrose
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. — Carl Jung
Observers in the full enjoyment of their bodily senses pity me, but it is because they do not see the golden chamber in my life… — Helen Keller
In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture. For… — Anton Chekhov
Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say. — Francoise Sagan
A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are… — Thomas S. Monson
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or that… — Edward Weston
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To… — Ruth Bernhard

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