“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) Chinese poet
"A Generation" [Yidai ren]
Source: The Stream of Life
“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) Chinese poet
"A Generation" [Yidai ren]
“I am the son of Hades. I go where I wish. The darkness is my birthright.”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“I’m not afraid of the darkness outside.
It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) English playwright
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Holi Festival, Miami, Florida, on Sunday, April 1978, printed in Divine Times April/May 1978 Volume 7, Number 3
1970s
“I don’t see the dark side until I open my eyes.”
Neil Strauss (1973) American writer
Rules of the Game: The Style Diaries (2007)
Context: Every adventure to be had in this room is on the dark side. The people on the light side are asleep right now. And they are dreaming about the dark side. Because the more you try to repress the dark side, the stronger it gets, until it finds its own way to the surface. I sleep well. I dream of angels and sponge cake and panda bears. I don’t see the dark side until I open my eyes.
“A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Empire Burlesque (1985), Dark Eyes
Variant: All I see are dark eyes.