Darkness Quote by Robert Duncan

“...words-- a flock of birds in a tree at nightfall.”

— Cassiano Ricardo

“Now, in a shift of light, the shadows of birds are more pronounced on the gallery’s white wall. The shadow of each bird is…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“Quartering the topmost branches of one of the tall trees, an invisible bird was striving to make the day seem shorter, exploring with a…

— Marcel Proust

“A bright gray sky woke me, sunlight diffused through high thin clouds. That, and the extraordinarily cheerful sound of some bird I did not…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there was a…

— Anonymous

“But what after all is one night? A short space, especially when the darkness dims so soon, and so soon a bird sings, a…

— Virginia Woolf

“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words, he cannot…

— Wendell Berry

“Now the wood in early morning was utterly silent. She walked carefully through damp leaves, around tangles of bramble and vine, trying not to…

— Patricia A. McKillip

“A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall. A half moon shone through the dark, flying clouds…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Outside the trees dragged their leaves like nets through the depths of the air; the sound of water was in the room and through…

— Virginia Woolf

“The sky darkened, the liquid singing of the blackbirds diminished and ceased, mud hens swam back to shore, climbed up the banks and huddled…

— Leonard Gardner

“The spirit looks upon the Dust That fastened it so long With indignation, As a Bird Defrauded of it's Song.”

— Emily Dickinson