Darkness Quote by Virginia Woolf

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

— Virginia Woolf

“Then came night that was like falling water. At times, for hours, a bird spirit, half buzzard, half swan, just above the rushes from…

— Peter Huchel

“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet…

— Maya Angelou

“In this little night-covered world with you, I hope to find what I long for; a clue, a map, a bird flying south, and…

— Jeanette Winterson

“That night for the first time in my life I realized that it is the physical presence of people and their spirits that gives…

— Ishmael Beah

“It's the darkness when a light is quenched, the silence when a sound fades. It takes the final breath from the smallest insect and…

— Darren Shan

“It was the time of year when migrating crows wheeled across the sky, thunderous flocks that moved like a single veil, and I heard…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Sometimes I get up before sunrise to watch the way the dark thins out and objects slowly reveal themselves, the trees, the rest of…

— Andrzej Stasiuk

“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

“Last night, the stars on the water were trap doors. The crows with their charred wings are complaining to a hawk. It’s time to…

— Richard Jackson

“The whole universe is in darkness, but we remain lit. We're a tiny bird tied to a branch in the dark forest, with a…

— Liu Cixin

“A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them…

— Sheri S. Tepper