“The night is just a part of the day”
Source: Brida
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Paulo Coelho844
Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes
“Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.”
Richard Crashaw (1612–1649) British writer
Wishes for the Supposed Mistress
“An empty day, though clear and bright,
Is just as dark as any night.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“The Master standing by a stream, said, "It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!"”
James Legge (1815–1897) missionary in China
Bk. 9, Ch. 16 (p. 115)
Translations, The Confucian Analects
“Which is just a fancy way of saying, "I think about it a lot, day and night."”
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
"Publishing, Writing, and Authoring", p. 67
The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)
Context: I attack both from the logic-side, scribbling outline after outline, and the long-walk relaxed-visualization-side, and while neither alone is enough, the combination synergizes. Which is just a fancy way of saying, "I think about it a lot, day and night."
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Better than Sex (22 August 1994)
1990s
Context: No candidate will risk being linked with a "suspected" addict — but a registered, admitted addict is a whole different thing. As long as I'd confessed, I was okay. Nobody really cared about the countless criminal addictions that preyed on me day and night — just as long as I was not in denial. That was the key. As long as they knew that I knew I was sick and guilty, I was safe.
“Creation smiles in various beauty gay
While day to night, and night succeeds day”
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) American poet
Works of Providence from Poems on Various Subjects kindle ebook ASIN B0083ZJ7SU