“The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark.”

“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”

Edna O'Brien (1930) Novelist, memoirist, biographer, playwright, poet and short story writer

“Light does not come from light, but from darkness.”

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer and philosopher

“Everything is a bit of darkness, even light itself.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

“As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“The grave itself is but a covered bridge,
Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

“I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.”

Mary Gardiner Brainard (1837–1905) American poet

“Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

John the Evangelist (10–98) author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author o…