--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder…" description: "\"“There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. \"Aunt Alice?\" A round goblin comes out of the darkness of the hallway.”\" —..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg" --- # There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any… ![“There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. "Aunt Alice?" A round goblin comes out of the darkness of the hallway.” quote by Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg) > ““There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. "Aunt Alice?" A round goblin comes out of the darkness of the hallway.”” [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A dim hallway and a mysterious goblin evoke fear and curiosity about unseen forces. **In simple terms:** Darkness and mystery spark fear and curiosity. Key Takeaway Explore unknown fears creatively. Themes fear imagination darkness Mood eerie intriguing Type creative narrative When to use this quote - writing prompts - role‑playing games - visual art - film noir Key Concepts Gothic horror mythical creatures Questions to Reflect On - What does the goblin symbolize for you? - How can you turn fear into storytelling fuel? A Different Perspective Overuse of horror tropes can feel cliché. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) [Goblin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goblin/) [Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/) [Light bulb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light-bulb/) ## Related quotes > [“Unhappiness slowly creeps up on you, like a shape-shifting monster waiting in the darkness of your hallway, his bulging eyes watching your every move.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-rockland/unhappiness-slowly-creeps-up-on-you-like-a-shape-shifting-monster/) [Kate Rockland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-rockland/) > [No, I don't think you understand just how stupid goblins are. Let me give you an example. One of the B'wa Kell generals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eoin-colfer/no-i-don-t-think-you-understand-just-how-stupid-goblins-are-let-me/) [Eoin Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eoin-colfer/) > [I do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-c-grayling/i-do-not-believe-that-there-are-any-such-things-as-gods-and-goddesses/) [A.C. Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-c-grayling/) > [“The labyrinth, after all, is Sarah's creation. She calls upon the Goblin King. And this is the biggest difference between my brother's afflictions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-febos/the-labyrinth-after-all-is-sarah-s-creation-she-calls-upon-the-goblin/) [Melissa Febos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-febos/) > [Rose goblins are built like porcupines - if you rub them the right way, you don't have to worry about the spines. They're sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rose-goblins-are-built-like-porcupines-if-you-rub-them-the-right-way/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.” Jareth the Goblin King”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-evans/i-ask-for-so-little-just-fear-me-love-me-do-as-i-say-and-i-will-be/) Kat Evans > [At last, small witches, goblins, hags, And pirates armed with paper bags Their costumes hinged on safety pins, Go haunt a night of pumpkin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/at-last-small-witches-goblins-hags-and-pirates-armed-with-paper-bags/) [John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/) > [Ok you're a goon but what's a goon to a goblin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/ok-you-re-a-goon-but-what-s-a-goon-to-a-goblin/) [Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/) > [Not stories told by wolf or man to frighten children, of Wolfbane and of werewolves, of grasht and goblins and of silly vampires, fables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-clement-davies/not-stories-told-by-wolf-or-man-to-frighten-children-of-wolfbane-and/) [David Clement-Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-clement-davies/) > [We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/we-must-not-look-at-goblin-men-we-must-not-buy-their-fruits-who-knows/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“She may be old, but she's more goblin than human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nahoko-uehashi/she-may-be-old-but-she-s-more-goblin-than-human/) [Nahoko Uehashi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nahoko-uehashi/) > [“Despite being the only one of us who owned the game, I wasn't very good at Resurrection. As I watched them tramp through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/despite-being-the-only-one-of-us-who-owned-the-game-i-wasn-t-very/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have clutched every second:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/but-you-know-you-know-that-if-i-could-have-stayed-if-i-could-have/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) > [Magic Sandra’s seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/magic-sandra-s-seen-a-leprechaun-eddie-touched-a-troll-laurie-danced/) [Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/) > [A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-sad-tale-s-best-for-winter-i-have-one-of-sprites-and-goblins/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ## More by Travis Thrasher > [“Maybe I'll buy a camera and videotape myself 'a la Paranormal Activity style. Then I'll be able to watch myself sleepwalking and getting up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/maybe-i-ll-buy-a-camera-and-videotape-myself-a-la-paranormal-activity/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“If you knew the world was about to end, what would you say? Or maybe the question should be, if this world was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/if-you-knew-the-world-was-about-to-end-what-would-you-say-or-maybe/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“I want to cry. Like a serious mushy cry a middle-school girl might do after her favorite vampire couple has a baby or something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/i-want-to-cry-like-a-serious-mushy-cry-a-middle-school-girl-might-do/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“I'll be taking a two-hour after-school class twice a week for seven and a half weeks. After those thirty hours of classroom time, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/i-ll-be-taking-a-two-hour-after-school-class-twice-a-week-for-seven/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“Was she always that friendly?" I joke. "She saw Robert. At least I got that out of her." "Maybe she buried him in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/was-she-always-that-friendly-i-joke-she-saw-robert-at-least-i-got/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“Part of me doesn't even know if we're together. I mean, we are-she likes me, and I want to run off to Mexico with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/part-of-me-doesn-t-even-know-if-we-re-together-i-mean-we-are-she/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“She believes that going too far is wrong. Yet she's not trying to prove her point; she's just living it out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/she-believes-that-going-too-far-is-wrong-yet-she-s-not-trying-to/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“What?" I ask. I don't get anything about this day. Everything is just off. "Are you sure?" "Am I sure where I live? Yeah.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/what-i-ask-i-don-t-get-anything-about-this-day-everything-is-just-off/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“We eventually come to a one-story house that looks as though it's on its way to becoming one with the forest surrounding it. "Seriously?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/we-eventually-come-to-a-one-story-house-that-looks-as-though-it-s-on/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“You spend long moments worrying and wondering only to see the wash up on the shore of a sea of wasted hours. Only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/you-spend-long-moments-worrying-and-wondering-only-to-see-the-wash-up/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“These pieces of you, imperfectly sewn and patched all over, blur by like a blinding pitch”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/these-pieces-of-you-imperfectly-sewn-and-patched-all-over-blur-by/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“I can't help but think of the dance that I'm not going to. It's not that I want to go to a dance. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/i-can-t-help-but-think-of-the-dance-that-i-m-not-going-to-it-s-not/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/i-m-sixteen-with-what-i-hope-will-be-a-long-life-ahead-but-i-m/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“Sometimes it seems his whole life revolves around watching and waiting. Waiting for the right moment, waiting for the right memory to capture. Hoping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/sometimes-it-seems-his-whole-life-revolves-around-watching-and/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) > [“This is Teenage madness. Trapped in a room knowing there's more outside. Trapped listening to a teacher talk about Hemingway as if each sentence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/this-is-teenage-madness-trapped-in-a-room-knowing-there-s-more/) [Travis Thrasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) [Explore all 22 Travis Thrasher quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/) ## More Darkness quotes > [“Narrative cannot sustain formlessness any more than light can sustain darkness - it is the antithesis of formlessness, and so it can never truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/narrative-cannot-sustain-formlessness-any-more-than-light-can-sustain/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“Wait here, wait here!" he cried and jumped up and began to run for help toward a cluster of lights he saw in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/wait-here-wait-here-he-cried-and-jumped-up-and-began-to-run-for-help/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) > [Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/strange-is-it-not-that-of-the-myriads-who-before-us-passed-the-door/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gordon-smith/when-you-re-scared-and-i-mean-really-scared-not-just-hearing-a-noise/) [Alexander Gordon Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gordon-smith/) > [Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-zagajewski/clear-moments-are-so-short-there-is-much-more-darkness-more-ocean/) [Adam Zagajewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-zagajewski/) > [I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federico-fellini/i-even-see-the-cinema-itself-as-a-woman-with-its-alternation-of-light/) [Federico Fellini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federico-fellini/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I promise to respect and protect your aloneness, knowing that everything created must have its period of darkness: child and bulb, poem and personality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-promise-to-respect-and-protect-your-aloneness-knowing-that/) [anne morrow lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/the-beauty-of-darkness-is-how-it-lets-you-see/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) > [“Even in darkness your lips taste of sunshine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/even-in-darkness-your-lips-taste-of-sunshine/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“Defy me not for gleam can only shine in my existence" said Darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/defy-me-not-for-gleam-can-only-shine-in-my-existence-said-darkness/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“What does he look like? The question was soft- tentative. I knew who he meant. I interlaced my fingers through Rhysand's and squeezed tightly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/what-does-he-look-like-the-question-was-soft-tentative-i-knew-who-he/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [The dream of coming back is becoming a reality. A lot of the uncertainty about the future has been cleared up. A lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tagliabue/the-dream-of-coming-back-is-becoming-a-reality-a-lot-of-the/) [Paul Tagliabue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tagliabue/) > [“Life is like coffee, the darker it gets, the more it energizes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ankita-singhal/life-is-like-coffee-the-darker-it-gets-the-more-it-energizes/) [Ankita Singhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ankita-singhal/) > [Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-gentile/twinking-tears-in-a-sea-of-black-soft-light-in-a-world-of-darkness/) Nicole Gentile [Browse all 8,219 Darkness quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. \"Aunt Alice?\" A round goblin comes out of the darkness of the hallway.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Travis Thrasher" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder-if-there-s-any-power-to-light/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Darkness" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder-if-there-s-any-power-to-light/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/travis-thrasher-25897_darkness_there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder_1168431.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. \"Aunt Alice?\" A round goblin…” — Travis Thrasher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Travis Thrasher", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-thrasher/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“There's no light bulb lit. I...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder-if-there-s-any-power-to-light/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-thrasher/there-s-no-light-bulb-lit-i-half-wonder-if-there-s-any-power-to-light/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```