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Quotes About Darkness

I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by words and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the Library seemed to be losing it´s memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The storm had caused the power to go out; the streets were buried in a liquid darkness speckled here and there with the light cast by oil lamps or candles from balconies and doors.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hay cosas que sólo pueden verse entre tinieblas —insinuó mi padre blandiendo una sonrisa enigmática
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Vidal had his exuberant and stately tower in the most elegant and elevated part of Pedralbes, surrounded by hills, trees, and fairy-tale skies. I would have my sinister tower rising above the oldest, darkest streets of the city, surrounded by the miasmas and the shadows of that necropolis which poets and murderers had once called the Rose of Fire.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Éste es un mundo de sombras, Daniel, y la magia es un bien escaso.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
La llama iluminó por primera vez su semblante. Se me heló el alma. Aquel personaje no tenía nariz, ni labios, ni párpados. Su rostro era apenas una máscara de piel negra y cicatrizada, devorada por el fuego.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sabien que aquell dia una llum s'apagava al món i que, a partir d'ara, tots estarien més sols, més buits.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fu allora che si accorse di non essere solo all'interno del mausoleo, e che un profilo scuro si muoveva sul soffitto, avanzando silenziosamente come un insetto. Max sentì l'orologio scivolare dalle mani fredde di sudore e alzo lo sguardo. Uno degli angeli di pietra che aveva visto all'entrata camminava capovolto sul soffitto. La figura si fermò e, guardando Max, mostrò un sorriso crudele e allungò un dito accusatore contro di lui.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
One by one the lights of the city went out, and I realized that I had already begun to remember.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Daniel recognized in him a pale reflection of the man he'd leaned to hate. Nothing remained of his regal face, of his arrogant demeanor and his haughty presence . Someone or something has ripped out everything that could be taken from a human being until all that remained was a longing for darkness and oblivion
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Zavist je slijepac koji ti želi iskopati o?i.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Ci sono cose che si possono vedere solo al buio.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Éste es un mundo de sombras, y la magia es un bien escaso.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Exist? lucruri care nu se pot vedea decât pe întuneric.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Era entonces cuando la gran silueta oscura aparecía a la puerta de la casa, un gran ángel con rostro de mármol que me miraba y sonreía como un lobo, desplegando sus alas negras sobre Blanca y envolviéndola en su abrazo.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I saw stars in the blackest night of my life.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Az ember, akinek nincs árnyék a szívében.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
When dusk falls,' he said, 'you seem to revive…' She took a sip of beer and looked him in the eyes. 'I'm a night creature.' 'No need to convince me.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I opened my eyes. Thick columns of stone rose in the shadows toward a naked vault. Needles of dusty light fell diagonally, revealing endless rows of ramshackle beds. Small drops of water fell from the heights like black tears, exploding with an echo as they touched the ground. The darkness smelled of mildew and damp. 'Welcome to Purgatory.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I was still trapped in that dark, gloomy dining room where I now imagined Nuria Monfort sitting alone, silently tidying up her pencils, her folders, and her memories, her eyes poisoned with tears
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Senti-me rodeado por milhares de páginas abandonadas, de universos e almas sem dono, que se fundiam em um oceano de escuridão enquanto o mundo que palpitava do lado de fora daquelas paredes perdia a memória sem perceber, dia após dia, sentindo-se mais sábio quanto mais esquecia.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Listen to the sea...it sounds like a coffin being dragged over broken glass.
~ Caroline B. Cooney
Each of us has a dark side, along with our own grace and light. The extent to which we can acknowledge the former while maximizing the latter may determine how we choose to fulfill the terms of our Contract. When the shadow side takes over even one person, the consequences are tragically felt by many.
~ Caroline Myss