“At times, he yearns for the few pockets of darkness that remain on this night so illuminated by that cursed moon, by the despicable stars, by the cursed vehicles, by the hateful city.”

— José Baroja, book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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Chilean author and editor 1983

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

October 30
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“Nary a grin grinned Rudolph Reed,
Nary a curse cursed he,
But moved in his House. With his dark little wife,
And his dark little children three.”

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) American writer

The Ballad of Rudolph Reed

“What happened in New Orleans looked like the curse of God, in time if New Orleans recovers and becomes the pristine city it can become it may in time be called a blessing. But at this time it's called a curse.”

John Hagee (1940) American pastor, theologian and saxophonist

“So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.”

Seth Grahame-Smith (1976) US fiction author

Source: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

“They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don't mention anything about cursing a lack of candles.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)

“"One of the worst major wrong actions is for a man to curse his parents." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, how can a man curse his parents?" He said, "He may curse another man's father who in turn curses his father, and curse his mother and he in turn curses his mother."”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 338
Sunni Hadith

“If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.”

Galileo Galilei book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

Salviati, p. 88
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632)

“Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Variant: It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Source: Men at Arms: The Play

“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

Variant: Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
Source: This is My Story

“The first night, a rock, big as two fists.
The second, a rock big as three.
But nary a curse cursed Rudolph Reed.
(Though oaken as man could be.)
The third night, a silvery ring of glass.
Patience arched to endure,
But he looked, and lo! small Mabel's blood
Was staining her gaze so pure.”

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) American writer

The Ballad of Rudolph Reed

“At times, he yearns for the few pockets of darkness that remain on this night so illuminated by that cursed moon, by the despicable stars, by the cursed vehicles, by the hateful city.”

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