Aftermath Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“There was nothing there but shadows, and I was a shadow. And then I heard your voice.”

— clare

“‎"A noise, and the past was chased away, dispersed into the shadows like smoke by the brighter, louder present.”

— Kate Morton

“What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it?”

— Patricia Highsmith

“Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Some things are ill to hear when the world’s in shadows.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“And at twilight, dreading to repass that ominous spot, I walked circuitously back to the town by the curving road on the south. I…

— H.P. Lovecraft

“A breath of sound across the landing, almost imperceptible, like a shadow moving against blackness; then nothing.”

— Tana French

“The grass was buzzing in the moonlight where my shadow walked on the grass.”

— William Faulkner

“His shadow splayed out huge before him, and his mind gleamed with ancient wars and winged beings, a mountain of melted demon bones and…

— Laini Taylor

“He loved a shadow I'd created in his mind.”

— William Queen

“The sounds I had heard seemed worthy to mingle with this bright and perfumed atmosphere, and to thrill the beautiful scenery around me.”

— William Cullen Bryant

“In the dark, where do shadows go?”

— Orson Scott Card