"Darkness shields as much as it threatens." — R. Scott Bakker

"Darkness shields as much as it threatens."

— R. Scott Bakker

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33 Quotes by R. Scott Bakker

R. Scott Bakker has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no…
What if the choice isn’t between certainties, between this faith and that, but between faith and doubt? Between renouncing the…
To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told,…
To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of…
Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is…
Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.
The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.
You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh…
Sometimes the Nonman would climb upon some wild pulpit, the mossed remains of a fallen tree, the humped back of…
Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words…
Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that…
He had despised the sorcerer, thinking him one of those mewling souls who forever groaned beneath burdens of their own…

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More Darkness Quotes

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Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and… — Billie Joe Armstrong
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I… — Kevin Bacon
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. — Edward Abbey
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.… — Saint Basil
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when… — Annie Besant
Education is the movement from darkness to light. — Allan Bloom
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which… — Emily Bronte
I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to… — Nicolas Cage
Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness. — Julia Cameron

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