902 quotes found
“The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.”
“Fear is the bane of all creatures that bubbles inside us forming rocks of resistence, sucking away all will power to act, think or speak.”
“If you're not scared of the dark, it hasn't been dark enough.”
“They leave Omelas, they walk ahead into the darkness, and they do not come back. The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describ...”
“There is something to be said for the night. The darkness holds a sense of promise, as if anything could happen. Maybe something good, like a handsome stranger or something with snarling teeth that...”
“They leave Omelas, they walk ahead into thedarkness, and they do not come back. The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe...”
“Nothing will ever be solved if we wallow in the darkness of denial.”
“All I wanted was to return to - to the people around me. I wanted it badly enough I didn't have room for fear. The worst had happened, and the darkness was calm and quiet. It did not seem like a ba...”
“Your love is the light that will drive away all the darkness that surrounds you.”
“Your darkness is a symphonyPlayed in explosions of silence to a crowd that has fallen in love with noiseIf they refuse to applaud youIt isn't because your music isn't beautiful It is because they h...”
“Time had not faded my memories (as I had prayed to God it might), nor had it healed my wounds as it is said always to do. I began each day with the hope that the next day would be better, my recoll...”
“The light overcome the darkness.”
“Why are those who knew him, when they pass from the memory of a young man, sensitive and gay, to the work novels and writings surprised to pass into a nocturnal world, a world of cold torment, a ...”
“Darkness swallows everything, even pain. Thats what makes it so tempting. Comforting. It disguises weakness as strength.”
“Oddly, the burned hand didn't seem to hurt much anymore; it was only numb. It would have been better if there had been pain. Pain was at least real.”
“How does blind ferret out in the darkHow is matchless able to ignite a fire\How is clueless able to conspireHow does ice spark off fervorEffortlessly he stirs up the deepest depths of my soulLike a...”
“I do not fear the darkness. It fears me.”
“If the whole world is evil, then the tragedy that befell you is justified," she went on. "That would make it easier for you to accept the deaths of your wife and daughters. But if good people do ex...”
“Carry the fire.”
“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”
