Quote by D.H. Lawrence

“The glow within the coals reminded him of the dying embers of hapless love.”

— Felix Alexander

“Even though on the outside we glittered like gold, inside we were almost as black as coal. Sometimes the glitter people saw was only…

— Tracy Krimmer

“The lobby was a large chamber carpeted in ancient maroon pile, its darkness only slightly relieved by a few small candles. Stairs rose off…

— Marc Laidlaw

“When he held a candle across the threshold, the black swallowed the fire completely. When he tried to step across it, he felt nothing…

— Patricia A. McKillip

“The horizon was beginning to charcoal. What was left of the blackness above was nothing now but a scribble, and disappearing fast.”

— Markus Zusak

“Shadows were too black, and when a breeze stirred the trees, the shadows changed in a disquieting way.”

— Stephen King

“...darkness is not everywhere - for here and there I find a few faces illuminated from within. Paper lanterns swaying among the dark trees.”

— Carol Anne Borges

“The walls flickered in the candlelight. The room felt close and warm, like an underground sanctuary.”

— Barry Eisler

“In the night, when the wind dies and silence rules the place of glittering stone, I remember. And they all live again.”

— Glen Cook

“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”

— Alice Hoffman

“It was an unsettling thought, that somehow we were sliding back into the smoky dark and that never again would man make something so…

— Bernard Cornwell

“All of them...were little lights; sparks flying upward in dark places, trying to stay alight though they were compelled toward ash. They were nearly…

— Ayana Mathis