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“The night before I left home, there was the wake in our kitchen as was the custom for anyone going so far away. The…

— Edna O'Brien

“More like a door being opened a tiny crack to let a sliver of light in. It wasn't enough to see clearly by, but…

— Sarah Dessen

“My next memory is of waking up, it then being dark outside, and my brother and sister fast asleep on the couch. Sitting up…

— Shane Levene

“Everything seemed bright and different after so long in the darkness. Even though most of the businesses were closed, there was one neon sign…

— Sarah Dessen

“The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped;…

— Elizabeth Peters

“I curled into a ball under the thin covers, trying to get warm. Despite the moonlight, darkness crept in, cold and complete, like the…

— Lynne Matson

“Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you’re broken on the ground, you will…

— dear evan hansen

“Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need someone to carry you, when you're broken on the ground, you will be found.”

— Dear Evan Hansen

“But I pushed and pulled in vain, the wheels would not turn. It was as though the brakes were jammed, and heaven knows they…

— Samuel Beckett

“I saw strangers’ faces passing me, a brief sympathetic glance, a wolf whistle from a car at the soaking-wet girl. No help was to…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“He placed himself hard against the left-hand door, searched every square inch of the area before him. When he failed to find the wheel,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I remember feeling as though I’d been sitting in a darkened room all of my life—comfortable and warm and safe and quiet—then all of…

— Peter Hook