Quotes About Night

One of Balzac's characters might live here. It must have been built by a wealthy provincial notary who retired to the countryside. I imagine him, at night, in my room, counting out his gold coins.

I love you. I saw you that night in the garden, and I knew you were magic like in dreams.

How mysterious night and day are, this endless procession off dark and light....I think such sad thoughts - of people in trouble and afraid, all lonely people all prisoners.

Only sometimes at night when I think that you live now and are somewhere, I shed tears.

It was dark now. A thin moon was visible, a bright portent, but giving no light.

Cambridge by moonlight was light blue and brownish black. There was no mist here and a great vault of clear stars hung over the city with an intent luxurious brilliance. It was the sort of night when one knows of other galaxies. My long shadow glided before me on the pavement. Although it was not yet eleven o'clock the place seemed empty and I moved through it like a mysterious and lonely harlequin in a painting: like an assassin.

Every night is an imitation of death. Without that I would have killed myself long ago.' She

He did not consciously wish for death but he grieved at night for some blank thing which he could not even name.

Agamemnon was killed on his first night home from Troy. But Agamemnon was guilty, guilty.

Les esprits aiment la nuit, qui sait plus qu'une femme donner une âme à toutes choses.

like a bairn trying tae stay up as late as possible.

Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.

You might as well ask why the same man sprints safely across an obstacle course in the day, and falls over the furniture in his room at night.

Gecenin bast?rmas?, kökleri insanl?k tarihinin baÅŸlar?na kadar uzanan büyük bir psikolojik huzursuzluk yarat?r. Gece daima bir güvensizlik ve korku zaman?d?r ve cesaret güneÅŸle birlikte bat?p gitmiÅŸtir.

But the house was somehow very lonely at night and Dr. Darell found that the fate of the Galaxy made remarkably little difference while his daughter's mad little life was in danger.

A restlessness peculiar to people who turn the night into day hung in the air.

El ardor de ese beso no los abandonó en muchos días y llenó de fantasmas delicados sus noches, dejando su recuerdo en la piel, como una quemadura. La alegría de ese encuentro los transportaba levitando por la calle, los impulsaba a reír sin causa aparente, los despertaba sobresaltados en la mitad de un sueño. Se tocaban los labios con las puntas de los dedos y evocaban exactamente la forma de la boca del otro.

She has a fixation on love. Strong trouble. The girl left her window open one clear night and it crawled into her body while she was asleep. There's no spell can cure it.

Lo puedo leer en tus ojos, vienes de una noche de amor.

La tristeza se manifestaba en las noches en vela, la ropa oscura, el deseo de vivir en una cueva de anacoreta y la ausencia de inspiración.

hitchhiking and sleeping in cemeteries. (He explained to me that they're very safe, no one goes there at night.)

Volvimos a efectuar esa danza nocturna que desde el comienzonos resultó natural: dormir abrazados tan estrechamente que si uno se da la vuelta el otro se acomoda y si uno se separa el otro se despierta.

Mi aveva convinto che al buio i personaggi lasciano le pagine e vagano per la casa; io nascondevo la testa per paura del diavolo negli specchi e di quella folla di personaggi che peregrinavano per le stanze rivivendo le loro avventure e passioni: pirati, cortigiane, banditi, streghe e donzelle. Alle otto e mezzo dovevo spegnere la luce e dormire, ma zio Pablo mi regalò una lanterna per leggere sotto le lenzuola; da allora ho una perversa inclinazione alla lettura segreta.

It was a long night, perhaps the longest in my life. I spent it sitting next to Rosa's tomb, speaking with her, accompanying her on the first part of her journey to the Hereafter, which is when it's hardest to detach yourself from earth and you need the love of those who have remained behind, so you can leave with at least the consolation of having planted something in someone else's heart.