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Quotes About Dark

The mind's eye can nowhere find anything more dazzling or more dark than in man; it can fix itself upon nothing which is more awful, more complex, more mysterious, or more infinite. There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
~ Victor Hugo
Do what we may to shape the mysterious stuff of which our lives are composed, the dark threads of our destiny will always re-emerge.
~ Victor Hugo
Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought
~ Victor Hugo
Alaska brings out the best and the worst in a man. Maybe if you'd stayed Outside you never would have become who you are now. I know about 'Nam, and it breaks my heart what you boys went through. But you can't handle the dark, can you? It's nothing to be ashamed of. Most folks can't. Accept it and do what's best for your family.
~ Kristin Hannah
Love was the sun and the moon and the stars in a world that was otherwise cold and dark.
~ Kristin Hannah
They were at war. Time was the one luxury no one had anymore. Tomorrow felt as ephemeral as a kiss in the dark. She
~ Kristin Hannah
apparently there was an expiration date on grief. It was like an exterior door closing; once it shut and you were in the dark, you were supposed to forget how much you missed the light
~ Kristin Hannah
Tomorrow felt as ephemeral as a kiss in the dark.
~ Kristin Hannah
But Geneviève was a new ally, too, and there was something to be said for finding people to trust in the dark.
~ Kristin Harmel
One from the land of kings long forgotten; One from the hearth which still holds the spark; One from the Day World where two eyes are watching; One from the twilight to be one with the dark.
~ L.J. Smith
and Umétsu remembered that goblins were wont to assume feminine shapes after dark, in order to deceive and destroy men.
~ Lafcadio Hearn
He had, in his hearts, declared war on the dark child, but Lazlo was no warrior, and his hearts had no talent for hate.
~ Laini Taylor
Weep slept. Dreamers dreamed. A grand moon drifted, and, and the wings of the citadel cut the sky in two: light above, dark below.
~ Laini Taylor
In one of his darker moments, the irony started him laughing and he couldn't stop, and the sounds that came from him, before finally tapering into sobs, were so far from mirth they might have been the forced inversion of laughter-like a soul pulled inside out to reveal its rawest meats.
~ Laini Taylor
Her face was luminous and hopeful; she'd go into the dark with him in a heartbeat, sharp teeth and all. Human girls were stupid that way. No, not stupid. Primal in their skin, without even knowing it. The things that made thier pulse quicken were all the wrong things, but Mihai didn't take advantage of it, except for the free tea.
~ Laini Taylor
What good were bright gods who only watched from afar while dark gods strove every moment to devour you?
~ Laini Taylor
It seemed like just another Monday, innocent but for its essential Mondayness, not to mention its Januaryness. It was cold, and it was dark—in the dead of winter the sun didn't rise until eight—but it was also lovely. The falling snow and the early hour conspired to paint Prague ghostly, like a tintype photograph, all silver and haze.
~ Laini Taylor
Sarai couldn't even remember what her own had been like, back before she had made of it the zoo of terrors it was now - her own mind a place she was afraid to be caught out in after dark.
~ Laini Taylor
You can also imagine a moon shining even if there wasn't a moon, even if I imagined there was a moon lighting up the dark sky for us, and you, instead, could imagine only a dawn, even if there wasn't a dawn, eclipsed, with no love in it.
~ Landis Everson
Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
~ Langston Hughes
Caliph Vathek and his dark horde Are bound for Hell, you won't be bored! Your faith in me will be restored— Unless this token you find untoward And my poor gift you have ignored.
~ Cassandra Clare
His steady gaze held hers. His blue eyes were very dark, uniquely so. She had known people before with blue eyes, but they had always been light blue. Will's were the color of the sky just on the edge of night.
~ Cassandra Clare
Hell is cold. Do you remember when you told me that? We were in the cellars of the Dark House. Anyone else would have been panicking, but you were as calm as a governess, telling me Hell was covered in ice. If it is the fire of Heaven that takes you from me, what a cruel irony that would be.
~ Cassandra Clare
Matthew, hopped up on a nearby occasional table said, "The last time I saw you shocked was when that Iblis demon was sending Christopher love letters." "I have a dark charm," said Christopher sadly.
~ Cassandra Clare