Darkness Quote by Marie Darrieussecq
““It wasn't night, it was simply darkness, with me in the middle hoping all the while that time was carrying on flowing, that something would crop up, me all alone in the middle, with my veins and my muscles dissolving rapidly into nothingness, me made of molecules of flesh and thought, dispersing in a cloud (a process of expansion as sudden as that of the room, a nebula of bedroom and me, between limits that grew dimmer by the moment).””
About This Quote
Source Novel: Naissance des fantômes, Marie Darrieussecq, 1995
The narrator feels isolated in a void, confronting the fleeting nature of existence as body and mind dissolve into emptiness.
In simple terms: Feeling alone as everything fades away.
Key Takeaway
Embrace the present before it vanishes.
Themes
existentialism
loneliness
impermanence
identity
Mood
melancholic
introspective
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- nighttime anxiety
- creative writing
- philosophical meditation
Key Concepts
nihilism
phenomenology
self‑dissolution
Questions to Reflect On
- What does it mean to be truly present?
- How can we find meaning in inevitable dissolution?
A Different Perspective
The description may romanticize despair, ignoring resilience.
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