“Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.”
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
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Camille Paglia 326
American writer 1947Related quotes
“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”
Introductory Chapter. Variant: This, therefore, is a faded dream of the time when I went down into the dust and noise of the Eastern market-place, and with my brain and muscles, with sweat and constant thinking, made others see my visions coming true. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922)
“I will greet this day with love in my heart.”
Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Ch. 9 : The Scroll Marked II, p. 59.
Context: Henceforth I will look upon all things with love and I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness because it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness because it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards because they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles because they are my challenge.
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Madison.
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Context: You're forever falling for men on their last nights on furlough. That's about the limit of your commitments, one night, a day, a month. You prefer lovers to husbands, hotels to homes. You'd rather grieve than live.
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
“Thy soft-breathed hopes with magic might
Have chased from my soul the shades of night”
from The Parting Soul and her Guardian Angel