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Quotes About Darkness

Things that go bump in the brain.
~ Andrew Pyper
Your melancholy . Or depression. Along with nine-tenths of the afflictions I've studied, diagnosed, attempted to treat. Call them whatever you like, but they're just different names for loneliness. That's what lets the darkness in. That's what you have to fight.
~ Andrew Pyper
Darkness isn't the matter from which the Antichrist was formed, but intelligence. Foreknowledge.
~ Andrew Pyper
There are things in this world most of us never see," I find myself saying. "We've trained ourselves not to see them, or try to pretend we didn't if we do. But there's a reason why, no matter how sophisticated or primitive, every religion has demons.
~ Andrew Pyper
All my life I have been pursued by the black dogs of unaccountable gloom
~ Andrew Pyper
Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation.
~ Andrew Schneider
Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,...silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It's totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky.
~ Andrew Schneider
Monsters make monsters make monsters.
~ Andrew Smith
It's no wonder I became a monster, too.
~ Andrew Smith
From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.
~ Andrew Vachss
John was wrong about many things but right about at least one: Fear determines so much. Fear of being in the dark. Being alone. Being wrong. Growing old. Losing potency. Losing control.
~ Andromeda Romano-Lax
Ale, miÄ™dzy nami, nie rób przy niej tego, co ostatnim razem, podczas kolacji. - Idzie ci o to, ?e rzuciÅ'em widelcem w szczura? - Nie. Idzie mi o to, ?e trafiÅ'eÅ›, chocia? byÅ'o ciemno. - MyÅ›laÅ'em, ?e to bÄ™dzie zabawne.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster; for if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Ã…Ëœíká se, že pokrok zahání temnotu. Ale vždycky budou stíny. A vždycky se bude ve stínech skrývat zlo, vždycky v nich budou zuby a drápy, vražda a krev. Vždycky budou tvorové tlukoucí po nocích. A my zaklína?i jsme tady proto, abychom je ztloukli.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But I've become convinced that the witcher's profession is worthy of respect. You protect us not only from the evil lurking in the darkness, but also from that which lies within ourselves. It's a shame there are so few of you.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
A popular saying at King Vizimir's court held that if Dijkstra states it is noon yet darkness reigns all around, it is time to start worrying about the fate of the sun.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Roach stepped confidently and willingly, ignoring the impenetrable darkness, and her horseshoes rang brightly against the floor.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You don't believe in it, you say. Well you're right, in a way. Only Evil and Greater Evil exist and beyond them, in the shadows, lurks True Evil. True Evil, Geralt, is something you can barely imagine, even if you believe nothing can still surprise you. And sometimes, True Evil seizes you by the throat and demands you choose between it and another, slightly lesser, Evil.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The moon shines bright, The vampire alights Swish, swish goes his cloak . . . Maiden, are you not afeared?
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You protect us not only from the evil lurking in the darkness, but also from that which lies within ourselves.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You protect us not only from the evil lurking in the darkness, but also from that which lies within ourselves. It's a shame there are so few of you.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
And a day will come, perhaps, when we shall stop believing at all that something is lurking in the darkness. We shall laugh at such fears. Call them childish. Be ashamed of them! But darkness will always, always exist. And there will always be Evil in the darkness, always be fangs and claws, death and blood in the darkness. And witchers will always be needed.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Dizem que o progresso ilumina as trevas. Mas sempre, absolutamente sempre, existirá a escuridão. E na escuridão sempre haverá o mal, sempre haverá caninos e garras, assassinatos e sangue, sempre haverá criaturas que vagueiam pela noite, perturbando.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But, just between us, don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again." "You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?" "No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark." "I thought it would be amusing.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski