“There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.”

“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.”

May Sarton (1912–1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist

“maybe death
isn't darkness, after all,
but so much light
wrapping itself around us”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

““They call themselves the light.”
“What about it?”
“If you are the light,” she said, “then your enemies are darkness, right?”
“I suppose.”
“If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do.””

Emily St. John Mandel book Station Eleven

“Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of darkness.”

Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden

“These were everyday sounds magnified by darkness. And darkness was nothing - it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light.”

Ian McEwan book Atonement

“Darkness is not something that can be physically removed. But when we let in light, darkness automatically ceases to exist. In the same way, when true knowledge awakens, the darkness of ignorance disappears. Then we awaken to eternal light.”

Mata Amritanandamayi (1953) Hindu spiritual leader and guru

“Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.”

Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian

“Within a person of light there is light, and he illumines the entire world. When he does not shine, there is darkness.”

Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ

“Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.”

Garth Nix book Mister Monday