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Quotes About Night

A saudade é um morcego cego que falhou fruto e mordeu a noite.
~ Mia Couto
Morte silenciosa A noite cedeu-nos o instinto para o fundo de nós imigrou a ave a inquietação Serve-nos a vida mas não nos chega: somos resina de um tronco golpeado para a luz nos abrimos nos lábios dessa incurável ferida Na suprema felicidade existe uma morte silenciada
~ Mia Couto
Rezar, só rezo quando durmo. Os sonhos são as minhas únicas orações. Deus que não leve a mal. É que apenas me sobra uma pequena e temporária alma. Apenas à noite esse espírito se acende, em delicado sussurro para que nnguém mais escute.Peço desculpa por esta despromoção para bicho. Ter alma, contudo, é um peso que só morto sou capaz de suportar. Foi por isso que amei tanto, em tantos enganados amores.
~ Mia Couto
No charco onde a noite se espelha, o sapo acredita voar entre as estrelas.
~ Mia Couto
onde a noite mais escurece é em volta do pirilampo.
~ Mia Couto
Às vezes temos luas de mel, outras vezes luas melosas. A maior parte do tempo, porém, são noites sem luar nenhum.
~ Mia Couto
Fechou os olhos e andou assim, sobrancelhado, noite adentro. Andou, andou, atravessando a imensa noitidão.
~ Mia Couto
Aquella noche me visitaron todos los sueños que existen para soñar. Hasta que amaneció permanecí en el umbral de la puerta de mi habitación, con las manos cruzadas sobre la maleta apoyada en mi regazo. En aquella maleta había puesto mi futuro. Doblados y ordenados como si fuesen ropa, aguardaban todos mis devaneos y esperanzas.
~ Mia Couto
The day offers problems. The night provides solutions.
~ Michael Buckley
I don't know how else to describe it. I am afraid to say: 'I believe in the dream per se.' Just as it is, just as it was, just as when I am empty of night when I haven't dreamt.
~ Unknown
I open the windows and let night enter the house, From far off white loneliness settles upon the white page. I am convinced it is an act against white loneliness to say so. from "The Man I Heard Of
~ Unknown
Sometimes I lie awake and hear noises in the house, and despite myself I'm frightened. Then I hear some familiar sound—a clock strikes, or a train whistles somewhere—and my fear abates. But why should those sounds comfort me, and others frighten me? Why couldn't a ghost make the sound of a train?
~ Unknown
After Killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper…
~ Unknown
It was the middle of the night, and Bingo couldn't sleep. The ground was hard, but he was used to that. . . .His blanket was dirty and smelled disgusting, but he was used to that too. A tune kept going through his head, and he couldn't get it out of his mind. It was the Wendels' victory song.
~ Unknown
A recent study of 150,000 Americans was able to examine the issue more thoroughly. Higher stroke rates were found among individuals sleeping six hours or less, or nine hours or more. Those at lowest risk got around seven or eight hours of sleep a night.
~ Michael Greger
Sleep during the night and be active during the day Sleep enough (seven to eight hours a night) Early to bed, early to rise Avoid bright light exposure at night Sleep in total darkness when possible Eat dinner at least two and a half hours before going to bed Avoid eating at night I
~ Michael Greger
as he held the candlelit cake out in front of him. With each step, the candles hissed and the flames shifted. Far off in the woods, something popped
~ Unknown
I've heard one or two riders refer to the odd night out as 'morale training'. It's a good expression for it. It's got the word 'training' in it, so it's got to be a good idea.
~ Unknown
prison cell upgrade: $82 per night.
~ Michael J. Sandel
He stood at the edge of town feeling very small, powerless. Night in the mountains could do that to you, reminding you of your place in the world and laughing at any sense of self-importance.
~ Michael Koryta
At night, too, the demons came. I faced my greatest fears: those of meaninglessness—no hope, no future, no God, no purpose. Self-doubt and accusation rumbled in my head like thunder in a canyon.
~ Unknown
These vampires don't sparkle
~ Unknown
My vampires don't sparkle ... they bite
~ Unknown
In the night, the house settled. Creaks sounded in the hallways like errant footsteps, windows popped in their frames, china rattled in the cupboards, and pictures suddenly slipped awry on the walls.
~ Michael McDowell