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Quotes About Darkness

His mind was like the sea itself: troubled, and too deep for the bravest man's descent . . . And he was at the mercy of this sea, hanging there with darkness all around him.
~ James Baldwin
It had been written because he was afraid, afraid of things dark, strange, dangerous, difficult, and deep.
~ James Baldwin
It had not really been written to make money—if only it had been! It had been written because he was afraid, afraid of things dark, strange, dangerous, difficult, and deep.
~ James Baldwin
Then the door is before him. There is darkness all around him, there is silence in him. Then the door opens and he stands alone, the whole world falling away from him. And the brief corner of the sky seems to be shrieking, though he does not hear a sound. Then the earth tilts, he is thrown forward on his face in darkness, and his journey begins.
~ James Baldwin
And he suddenly takes the bag of tomatoes and smashes them against the nearest wall. Thank God the wall is blank, thank God it is now beginning to be dark. Thank God tomatoes spatter but do not ring.
~ James Baldwin
One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us
~ James Baldwin
seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death—ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.
~ James Baldwin
When a dark face opens, light seems to go everywhere.
~ James Baldwin
It was the hour when darkness begins, when the sounds of the night begin.
~ James Baldwin
I don't, now, know what I expected of fame, but I suppose it never occurred to me that the light could be just as dangerous, just as killing, as the dark.
~ James Baldwin
One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.
~ James Baldwin
YaÅŸama kar?? sorumluyuz: İçinden geldiÄŸimiz ve bir gün geri döneceÄŸimiz o ürkünç karanl?ktaki tek küçük fenerdir yaÅŸam.
~ James Baldwin
Beyond the castle walls, the city lay in almost total darkness. Above, the moon was pallid and misted. It was a brooding, darkling night. And, it seemed to him, doom walked the heavens.
~ James Clavell
The overarching joy and lasting appeal of noir is that it makes doom fun.
~ James Ellroy
Bergen, and Oldfield. The
~ James Ellroy
Serial killers were hopped-up eyeball fuckers and ravaged inner children. They were scary in the moment and as dismissible as an empty box of popcorn.
~ James Ellroy
If you find light and hilarity in these pages, I strongly recommend a visit to a mental health professional. Otto Penzler
~ James Ellroy
Mini-Manson" case
~ James Ellroy
Qué sucede? ¿es el infierno que nos ha echado encima sus demonios?
~ James Fenimore Cooper
I have lived alone, I have fought alone, I have dealt with the pain alone. I will die alone. I think when I'm going to leave. I don't want to be seen and I don't want to be followed , I want to disappear quickly and quietly and without any drama , I want as much time in the darkness as I can possibly have . The darkness provides cover, the darkness provides places to hide and the darkness provides comfort.
~ James Frey
I, however, like black. It is a color that makes me comfortable and the color with which I have the most experience. In the darkest darkness, all is black. In the deepest hole, all is black. In the terror of my Addicted mind, all is black. In the empty periods of my lost memory, all is black. I like black, goddammit, and I am going to give it its due.
~ James Frey
I go to my Room and I drink and I smoke some cigarettes and I think about her. I drink and I smoke and I think about her and at a certain point blackness comes and my memory fails me.
~ James Frey
I want as much time in the darkness as I can possibly have. The darkness provides cover, the darkness provides places to hide and the darkness provides comfort. Darkness usually comes around dinner, but dinner would be too obvious.
~ James Frey
I hate myself. I hate myself so much that I can't look myself in the eye. I hate myself so much that suicide seems like a reasonable option.
~ James Frey