Brightness Quote by Leo Tolstoy

A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it.

— Kate Chopin

A cluster of stars palely glowed above us, between the silhouettes of long thin leaves; that vibrant sky seemed as naked as she was…

— Vladimir Nabokov

The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the…

— Umberto Eco

“Each night when she prepared for bed she smeared her face with some new unguent which she hoped illogically would give back the glow…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon.

— Madeline Miller

but his eyes were too dark for her to make out any spark in them

— Paolo Giordano

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her…

— Lord Byron

“What a face this girl possessed!—could I not gaze at it every day I would need to recreate it through painting, sculpture, or fatherhood…

— Roman Payne

“There is nothing particularly impressive about night herself. She carries a darkness, into which only some are brave enough to gaze. But if you…

— Keri Lake

“Her features were thin and her skin was pale and she was certainly not pretty. But it was an exciting face. It was terribly…

— David Goodis

“She didn’t fear the night, though she found little comfort in its dark hours. It was just the time when she slept, the time…

— Sarah J. Maas

“It drew aside the window-curtain and looked out; perhaps it saw dawn approaching, for, taking the candle, it retreated to the door. Just at…

— Charlotte Brontë