“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”

“Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.”

“I opened my eyes and met his dark, earnest gaze. "It's okay," I said. "It's okay now. I'm here I'll always be here for you.”

“And how I watched my little sister become a human torch. Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.”

“Once more in that hour of darkness
In dark black waters they arise
Dark songs pass before their eyes
They lie awake gazing into darkness”

“You opened your eyes -I saw my darkness live. I see through it down to the bed; there too it is mine and lives.”

“I saw something in his pretty green eyes that I had never seen before: Anger. They were like emerald fire”

“If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me.”

“When life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me.”

“I am burning myself up and will always do so.”