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Quotes About Darkness

SORROW ASK not why with sad reflection 'Mid gayety I oft am darkened, Why ever cheerless eyes I raise, Why sweet life's dream not dear to me is; Ask not why with frigid soul I — joyous love no longer crave, And longer none I call dear: Who once has loved, not again can love; Who bliss has known, ne'er again shall know; For one brief moment to us 't is given: Of youth, of joy, of tenderness Is left alone the sadness.
~ Alexander Pushkin
The moon, which would be full within the week, pulsed huge and silver in a deep black sky. The lake, black and secret and long, stretched out as far as I could see, joining with the sky in a seamless circle of darkness.
~ Alexandra Fuller
There is a sort of consolation at the contemplation of the yawning abyss, at the bottom of which lie darkness and obscurity. Edmond
~ Alexandre Dumas
Geceleyin bütün kediler gridir.
~ Alexandre Dumas
You can either choose to walk in light and love, or run in fear and darkness. But with the latter, you're more likely to fall.
~ Donald L. Hicks
Through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder," he said. "Through violence you may murder a liar but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that.
~ Donald T. Phillips
I was revisiting the whole black spandex cat burglar idea. Maybe you could sneak out under cover of darkness, shimmy down a rope from my window." "Okay, you've given that particular scenario way too much thought.
~ Donna Kauffman
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence Ã¢â'¬Â¦ —HELEN KELLER
~ Donna VanLiere
Possible, unthinkable, the cricket's tiny back as I lie on the lawn in the dark, my heart a blue cup fallen from someone's hands.
~ Dorianne Laux
Again in the dark, sea-scented night, he was filled with power and excitement and rhythm.
~ Dorothy B. Hughes
So they live in darkness but they're safe, I said, and wondered if to be this safe was to always live in darkness...
~ Dorothy Gilman
What I felt at this moment was black dispair - but no, this was wrong because the color black has vitality , the night is black and has stars and a moon, and mysterious and important events can happen in the darkness. Despair, I decided, was grey: endless, bottomless, without night or day, time, sun or stars.
~ Dorothy Gilman
We explained how we use S/M to explore our darkness, illuminate it with our clear awareness, and reclaim forbidden territory as psychological healing, a way of becoming whole.
~ Dossie Easton
Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.
~ Doug Coupland
COULMIER - He who lives in darkness cowers in the light, while he who lives in the sun radiates it. Step into the light for a while, Marquis. THE MARQUIS - Permit me to extend your metaphor. COULMIER - Be my guest. THE MARQUIS - He who sits in the sun is often blinded by it. Then, vulnerable and incognizant, he is devoured by the forces of darkness. Better to stare the fuckers in the face, yes?
~ Doug Wright
I understood, then, where his madness had come from: He, too, had experienced the loss of the good and the victory of the evil.
~ Douglas Clegg
My mind was red paint across black night.
~ Douglas Clegg
Love," he said, "is the darkest gift. It takes all that you are, and it destroys you.
~ Douglas Clegg
Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes back into you." —Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
~ Douglas E. Richards
Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes back into you.
~ Douglas E. Richards
Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes back into you. Wortzman
~ Douglas E. Richards
swaths of humanity. That just below the surface of human kindness was a seething pool of unfathomable ruthlessness and cruelty, unequaled in the animal kingdom.
~ Douglas E. Richards
PART 8 "Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes back into you." —Friedrich Nietzsche,
~ Douglas E. Richards
The dead keep their secrets. And in a while we shall be as wise as they." —Alexander Smith "Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?" ? Juliet, from Romeo and Juliet, (modern translation)
~ Douglas E. Richards