Paul Bowles: Dark

Paul Bowles was American composer, writer, translator. Explore interesting quotes on dark.
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“How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we're just so small.”

Paul Bowles book The Sheltering Sky

Source: The Sheltering Sky

Universe

“There is a way to master silence
Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners
And listen to the hiss of time outside”

Paul Bowles
Way , Silence , Time

“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”

Paul Bowles book The Sheltering Sky

Source: The Sheltering Sky (1949), p. 210

Star , Appearance , Night