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“The candles all went out at once. The only light now came from the silvery ghosts, who were drifting about talking seriously to the…

— J.K. Rowling

“The air was thick with nostalgia, scented by the bonfire, and alight with fireflies. Their tiny yellow lights danced with orange embers against the…

— Julie Anne Lindsey

“The air there was heavy with the somnolence of a party prolonged into the early hours; and a dull light came from the lamps,…

— Émile Zola

“A woman gasped. Through the open door I could see a sliver of carolers, some faces peering inside at the scattered tatters of money,…

— Scott Heim

“It was very sad under the trees. Although spring was well advanced, in the deep shade there was nothing but death-rotten leaves, gray and…

— Nathanael West

“She went away, and the fireflies, on their electric circuits, fluttered after her like an errant constellation, showing her how to walk in darkness.…

— Ray Bradbury

“Still, now and then they seemed to be holding behind them the surprising, the magic vistas of childhood - the sudden snow at night,…

— Rosamond Lehmann

“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at…

— R.D. Ronald

“... with the few small spots of light like golden stars in the night, the sweet stale scent of incense, and the warm smell…

— Sigrid Undset

“By the end, she cleaned the house so much that she had dust in her eyes and her throat, her knees were scrapped a…

— Prerna Varma

“It’s dark as a tomb in here,” she said, unable to see more than shadows. “Will you light the candles, please,” she asked, “assuming…

— Judith McNaught

“She had not the strength to come to life now, in England, so foreign, skies so hostile. She knew she would die like an…

— D H Lawrence