“The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.”
Source: The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald 411
American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes
“The light comes brighter from the east; the caw
Of restive crows is sharper on the ear.”
"The Light Comes Brighter," ll. 1-2
Open House (1941)

“Physicians have this advantage: the sun lights their success and the earth covers their failures.”
Book II, Ch. 37
Essais (1595), Book II

“Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.”
Source: The Naming

“what a cold and rainy day
where on earth is the sun hid away?”
Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Like The Weather

“She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter.”
Source: Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time