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Quotes About Light

The lamps in one street after another were lighted till it seemed to him that a pervading darkness, like some demon, was keeping its eyes wide open to watch every movement of its victim.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
black eyes need no translating; the mind itself throws a shadow upon them. In them thought opens or shuts, shines forth or goes out in darkness, hangs steadfast like the setting moon or like the swift and restless lightning illumines all quarters of the sky. They who from birth have had no other speech than the trembling of their lips learn a language of the eyes, endless in expression, deep as the sea, clear as the heavens, wherein play dawn and sunset, light and shadow. The
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Os meus sonhos são pirilampos - pontos de luz viva cintilando na escuridão.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Un día hallaré la Vida en mi interior, el gozo que se esconde en mi vida, aunque los días confunden mi camino con el polvo de la ociosidad. He conocido sus fugaces resplandores y me han llegado rachas de su aliento que han puesto fragantes mis ideas por un instante. Un día encontraré fuera de mí ese gozo que me oculta la pantalla de la luz; y me alzaré en esa soledad desbordada donde todo se observa como lo ve el creador.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Rebelliously, I put out the light in my house, and Your sky surprised me with its stars.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
But black eyes need no translating; the mind itself throws a shadow upon them. In them thought opens or shuts, shines forth or goes out in darkness, hangs steadfast like the setting moon or like the swift and restless lightning illumines all quarters of the sky. They who from birth have had no other speech than the trembling of their lips learn a language of the eyes, endless in expression, deep as the sea, clear as the heavens, wherein play dawn and sunset, light and shadow.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
La sombra, cubierta por un velo, sigue a la luz en secreta mansedumbre, con pasos silenciosos de amor.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Agradece a la llama su luz, pero no olvides el pie del candil que, constante y paciente, la sostiene en la sombra
~ Rabindranath Tagore
The world has opened its heart of light in the morning. Come out, my heart, with thy love to meet it.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
My clouds, sorrowing in the dark, forget that they themselves have hidden the sun.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
He sent up his song towards the star-land out of his reach, where, circled with light, the planet who ruled his destiny shone unknown and out of ken.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Iz mojih ?u misli nastojati uvek sve neistine da odagnam, znaju?i da si ti istina ta koja je svetlost razuma u mom umu zapalila. Iz mog ?u srca nastojati uvek svako zlo da proteram i moju ljubav u cvatu sa?uvam, znaju?i da sedište je tvoje u najskrivenijem hramu mog srca. I u mojim ?u delima nastojati tebe da otkrijem, znaju?i da tvoja je sila ta koja snagu mi daje da delam.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
It was dark by now, and electric light rained down in crossing lance-shapes through the glass ceiling from the buildings outside while the black body of the river undulated just beyond the windows, with the human figures inside interposed in reflection on its churning surfaces.
~ Rachel Cusk
The sun showed like a scimitar at the edge of the rooftops.
~ Rachel Cusk
Kiss me, babe."' "No, really." Beneath the light of a sixty-watt bulb on her porch, Adele Harris placed a hand on the chest of her latest date. "I've had enough excitement for one night.
~ Rachel Gibson
Like always, Millie heard him and was waiting for him when he opened the back door. She was one female who was faithful, if a bit overly affectionate sometimes. He flipped on the light as he walked into the kitchen. Her big brown eyes looked up at him with adoration, and the light shone in her silky red hair."Hey girl." She licked his hand, and he went down on one knee. "You're a good dog.
~ Rachel Gibson
He looked at me again and his eyes shone in the lamplight, or with the inner light of delighted anticipation. His enthusiasm made him beautiful.
~ Rachel Hartman
You will wander the dark places under the earth, but you will come back with the sun.
~ Rachel Hartman
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
~ Tennessee Williams
I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.
~ David Bailey
There's nothing better than having a bright, blinding light in your face and being guided by big, rolling laughter. There's nothing more encouraging than hearing that huge sound. I've waited my whole life to hear that. You come away with the biggest high of your life.
~ Michael McIntyre