Quotes about lighting
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“Listen. All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being: Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Crime and Punishment, the Bible and The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American writer

Cold Turkey (2004)

Literature, Courage, Light

“This last summer, when I was on my way back to Vienna from the Appetite-Cure in the mountains, I fell over a cliff in the twilight, and broke some arms and legs and one thing or another, and by good luck was found by some peasants who had lost an ass, and they carried me to the nearest habitation, which was one of those large, low, thatch-roofed farm-houses, with apartments in the garret for the family, and a cunning little porch under the deep gable decorated with boxes of bright colored flowers and cats; on the ground floor a large and light sitting-room, separated from the milch-cattle apartment by a partition; and in the front yard rose stately and fine the wealth and pride of the house, the manure-pile. That sentence is Germanic, and shows that I am acquiring that sort of mastery of the art and spirit of the language which enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing cars.”

Mark Twain Christian Science

Book I, Ch. 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3187/3187-h/3187-h.htm#link2H_4_0002 <br class="br">Christian Science (1907)

Bad luck, Family, Art, Cars

“I used to be a hide-bound Tory simply for traditional and antiquarian reasons—and because I had never done any real thinking on civics and industry and the future. The depression—and its concomitant publicisation of industrial, financial, and governmental problems—jolted me out of my lethargy and led me to reëxamine the facts of history in the light of unsentimental scientific analysis; and it was not long before I realised what an ass I had been. The liberals at whom I used to laugh were the ones who were right—for they were living in the present while I had been living in the past. They had been using science while I had been using romantic antiquarianism. At last I began to recognise something of the way in which capitalism works—always piling up concentrated wealth and impoverishing the bulk of the population until the strain becomes so intolerable as to force artificial reform.”

H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author

Letter to Jennie K. Plaiser (8 July 1936), quoted in "H.P. Lovecraft, a Life" by S.T. Joshi, p. 564
Non-Fiction, Letters

Way, History, Problem, Thinking

“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire: but in reality he will remain subject to it all the while. The principle of utility recognizes this subjection, and assumes it for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question it, deal in sounds instead of sense, in caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light.”

Jeremy Bentham book An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Source: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789; 1823), Ch. 1 : Of the Principle of Utility

Pain, Pleasure, Making love, Law

“Blind ignorance misleads us thus and delights with the results of lascivious joys. Because it does not know the true light. Because it does not know what is the true light. Vain splendour takes from us the power of being …. behold! for its vain splendour we go into the fire, thus blind ignorance does mislead us. That is, blind ignorance so misleads us that… O! wretched mortals, open your eyes.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.

Light, Joy

“You have already heard that the Quakers date their epoch from Christ, who, according to them, was the first Quaker. Religion, say they, was corrupted almost immediately after His death, and remained in that state of corruption about sixteen hundred years. But there were always a few of the faithful concealed in the world, who carefully preserved the sacred fire, which was extinguished in all but themselves; till at length this light shone out in England in 1642.
It was at the time when Great Britain was distracted by intestine wars, which three or four sects had raised in the name of God, that one George Fox, a native of Leicestershire, and son of a silk-weaver, took it into his head to preach the Word, and, as he pretended, with all the requisites of a true apostle; that is, without being able either to read or write. He was a young man, about twenty-five years of age, of irreproachable manners, and religiously mad. He was clad in leather from head to foot, and travelled from one village to another, exclaiming against the war and the clergy.”

Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher

The History of the Quakers (1762)

Death, God, War, Age

“Thus, almost everything is imitation. The idea of The Persian Letters was taken from The Turkish Spy. Boiardo imitated Pulci, Ariosto imitated Boiardo. The most original minds borrowed from one another. Miguel de Cervantes makes his Don Quixote a fool; but pray is Orlando any other? It would puzzle one to decide whether knight errantry has been made more ridiculous by the grotesque painting of Cervantes, than by the luxuriant imagination of Ariosto. Metastasio has taken the greatest part of his operas from our French tragedies. Several English writers have copied us without saying one word of the matter. It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone”

Voltaire book Letters on the English

"Lettre XII: sur M. Pope et quelques autres poètes fameux," Lettres philosophiques (1756 edition)
Variants:
He looked on everything as imitation. The most original writers, he said, borrowed one from another. Boyardo has imitated Pulci, and Ariofio Boyardo. The instruction we find in books is like fire; we fetch it from our neighbour, kindle it as home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. de Voltaire (1786) by Louis Mayeul Chaudon, p. 348
What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
As translated in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2008), by James Geary, p. 373
Original: (fr) Ainsi, presque tout est imitation. L’idée des Lettres persanes est prise de celle de l’Espion turc. Le Boiardo a imité le Pulci, l’Arioste a imité le Boiardo. Les esprits les plus originaux empruntent les uns des autres. Michel Cervantes fait un fou de son don Quichotte; mais Roland est-il autre chose qu'un fou? Il serait difficile de décider si la chevalerie errante est plus tournée en ridicule par les peintures grotesques de Cervantes que par la féconde imagination de l'Arioste. Métastase a pris la plupart de ses opéras dans nos tragédies françaises. Plusieurs auteurs anglais nous ont copiés, et n'en ont rien dit. Il en est des livres comme du feu de nos foyers; on va prendre ce feu chez son voisin, on l’allume chez soi, on le communique à d’autres, et il appartient à tous.

Books, Making love, Fools, Home

“I do what many dream of, all their lives,
— Dream? strive to do, and agonize to do,
And fail in doing. I could count twenty such
On twice your fingers, and not leave this town,
Who strive — you don't know how the others strive
To paint a little thing like that you smeared
Carelessly passing with your robes afloat —
Yet do much less, so much less, Someone says,
(I know his name, no matter) — so much less!
Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.
There burns a truer light of God in them,
In their vexed beating stuffed and stopped-up brain,
Heart, or whate'er else, than goes on to prompt
This low-pulsed forthright craftsman's hand of mine.”

Robert Browning Men and Women

"Andrea del Sarto", line 70
"Less is more" is often misattributed to architects Buckminster Fuller or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is something of a motto for minimalist philosophy. It was used in 1774 by Christoph Martin Wieland.
Men and Women (1855)

God, Dreams, Light, Heart

“Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century spiritual teacher, summed it all up beautifully: "Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time."”

Eckhart Tolle book The Power of Now

The Power of Now (1997)

God, Light, Teachers, Time

“I haven't calculated why white signifies completeness, and it's not an impeccable colour, but a colour that lacks itself. Black is comprehensive and black is full of obliviousness. It is a true completion. This world is a downside. It's just a tiny point in the gloaming twilight. Denial is inclusive and it's about the idealised assertives and defensives, furthermore protecting the aspects of the destructive, senseless actualities of current counterinsurgencies. The representation of one fulfillment is more pleasant than all the blemishes and the settlement of this one imperfection. There are defects in this world, and on the other hand, hegemony. "Why don't you erase the perception, only negritude?" “How can I take this cobblestone and consolidate it?” You will be fully embossed with this extraordinary world. You will see such translucent melancholy. You will feel as if you can use adhesive in the last memoir of this one humankind and you will only experience the last time before, you will see the emptiness for one instant and then the bright glistening light way ahead of you. - Rok Seo.”

RokSeo

World, Way, Feeling, Light

“Here are two kinds of light, the light on the hither side of the darkness and the light beyond the darkness. We must press on through the darkness and the terror of it if we would reach the holier light beyond.
We are here — no matter who put us here, or how we came here — to fulfil a task. We cannot afford to go of our own volition until the last item of our duty is discharged.”

Felix Adler (1851–1933) German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer

Section 1 : The Meaning of Life
Life and Destiny (1913)

Light

“I found abundant “mental sunshine,” which bathed all the gray world suddenly in the clear light of reason and understanding. Word after word, sentence after sentence stabbed into the darkness like thunderclaps and lightningbolts of revelation, tearing and ripping away the cobwebs of more than thirty years of darkness, brilliantly illuminating the mysteries of the heretofore impenetrable murk in a world gone mad.”

George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) American politician, founder of the American Nazi Party

As quoted by George P. Thayer in The Further Shores of Politics: The American Political Fringe Today, 2d ed. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968), p. 27.
undated

World, Understanding, Tear, Light

“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.”

Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido

Wisdom, Light

“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”

Alan Cohen

Light

“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is colour-blind.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

Light, Personality

“Fear grows in darkness; if you think theres a bogeyman around, turn on the light.”

Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American journalist and radio broadcaster

Fear, Thinking, Light

“You can be working endlessly for more than 7 years, but there is always light at the end of the tunnel and your time to shine will come.”

Vladimer Botsvadze

Light, Time

“Life always needs ideas capable of becoming the light that dispels the darkness.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Life, Idea, Light

“The concept of the black and white people boils down to: No light without darkness—You depend on each other!”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

People, Light, Dependency

“Excuse me while I light my spliff (spliff)
Good God I gotta' take a lift (lift)
From reality I just can't drift (drift)
That's why I am staying with this riff (riff)

Take it easy, easy skanking
Got to take it easy, easy skanking.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

Easy Skanking, from the album Kaya (1978) · Video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlqB13iJu2o <br class="br">Song lyrics

God, Reality, Light

“Real Occult Brotherhood
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“True friends know how to listen with the heart, evaluate with reason and relate through their experiences. They treasure everything that lights up their eyes and warms their soul.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) I veri amici sanno ascoltare con il cuore, valutare con la ragione e relazionarsi attraverso le proprie esperienze. Fanno tesoro di tutto ciò che illumina i loro occhi e riscalda la loro anima.
Source: prevale.net

Soul, Light, Heart

“Do not squander your time,
self respect
nor
piece of mind
to shed light on someone else's true colors.
Lack of Character always reveals itself
in the end.
Trust vibes.
Energy does not lie!”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

Lie, Color, Light, Time

“You know why my spirit's callin'
Darkness can't take light from me
Haven't you gone far enough?
Sacrificed the ones you love
Gave up on your sanity
Like some twisted fantasy
What would I say to everything?
Your actions cost everything.”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

Never Abandon Your Family
Lyrics, Donda (2021)

Love, Light

“And I'm back on my grind
A psychic read my lifeline, told me in my lifetime
My name would help light up the Chicago skyline
And that's why I'm
Seven o'clock, that's primetime
Heaven'll watch, God calling from the hotlines
Why he keep giving me hot lines?
I'm a star, how could I not shine?”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

I Wonder
Lyrics, Graduation (2007)

God, Star, Light, Reading

“How do you console my mom or give her light support
Tellin' her her son's on life support?
And just imagine how my girl feel,
On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like Emmett Till.”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

Through the Wire
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

Life, Guy, Feeling, Imagination

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien book The Fellowship of the Ring

Source: The Fellowship of the Ring, Poem Riddle of Strider

Spring, Light, Strong

“In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance-to-knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.”

Vera Rubin (1928–2016) American astronomer

Knowledge, Light

“I've never felt so… light.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

Light

“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”

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

People, Travel, Light, Appearance

“But also I say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it’s done right, is a kind of holiness.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

"Poppies"
Blue Iris (2004)

Happiness, Light

“Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden but the unbearable lightness of being.”

Milan Kundera (1929–2023) Czech author of Czech and French literature

Light

“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Love, Light, Appearance

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

Soul, Light

“Darkness as well as light. Or do I mean darkness, another kind of light? Lucifer would say so, and I have a weakness for fallen angels.”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

Source: Art and Lies

Angels, Light

“(Sebastian) "See, there you go. You're always looking at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like I burn down animal shelters for fun and light my cigarettes with orphans.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Light, Animals

“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

Variant: As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.

Light

“Had records so stellar, they had to lock their resumes in a drawer at night, so the golden light streaming from the pages wouldn't keep them awake.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Slays

Light, Night

“You got to tell me the brave captain
Why are the wicked so strong?
How do the angels get to sleep
When the devil leaves the porch light on?”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

Angels, Sleep, Light, Strong

“It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light.”

Hedley Bull (1932–1985) Australian academic

Source: The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics

Light

“You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet”

Simon Armitage (1963) Poet, playwright, novelist

Beauty, Light

“I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.”

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

Source: The Irrational Season

Life, Travel, Light

“Your shadow stealthily
leaves nothing of where you go, like a poisoned needle
that sews together my footsteps.
Your light pliantly
strikes the water tower, like a lightning bolt
that severs the source of my life.
-Soifon”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Source: Bleach, Volume 18

Life, Light, Water

“You are my Marilyn. You are my lake full of fishes. You are my sky set, my 'Hollywood in Miniature,' my pink Cadillac, my highway, my martini, the stage for my heart to rock and roll on, the screen where my movies light up.”

Francesca Lia Block Weetzie Bat

Source: Weetzie Bat

Fish, Light, Heart

“There is no light for those who do not know darkness.”

Takehiko Inoue (1967) Japanese artist

Source: Takehiko Inoue Quotes https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/147221.Takehiko_Inoue

Light

“Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.”

Garrison Keillor (1942) American radio host and writer

Source: Life Among the Lutherans

Love, People, Light, Heart

“He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.”

Neal Shusterman book Unwind

Source: Unwind

Light

“There's a light somewhere.
It may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Light

“The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive a light on the world of the soul.”

John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher

Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Secret, World, Soul, Sister

“It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Tempt Me at Twilight

Love, Truth, Light, Personality

“The masses-I love em-they rush for red lights, risking everything to capture a few seconds, only to get home and waste their lives.”

Arthur Nersesian (1958) American writer

Source: Manhattan Loverboy

Love, Home, Light

“You are a pool of clear water where the light plays”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

Source: Written on the Body

Light, Water

“You are a light that will always guide me, a whisper I'll always strain to hear.”

Lora Leigh (1965) American writer

Source: Maverick

Light

“Annabeth laced her fingers through his. In the light of his bronze sword, her face was beautiful.
'We're together,' she reminded him. 'We'll get through this.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Beauty, Light

“A FEATHER.

A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive.”

Gertrude Stein book Tender buttons: objects, food, rooms

Source: Tender Buttons

Light

“I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven. Every time the light shines through the window we built or any window at all, you'll know I'm right there with you, okay? That's going to be me. I'll be the light in the window.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

God, Light, Time

“Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Books, Light

“There was her face, like a summer peach, beautiful and warm, and the light of the candles reflected in her dark eyes. [He] held his breath. The entire world waited and held its breath.”

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

World, Beauty, Light, Waiting

“It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us… There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you… We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.”

Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer

God, People, Feeling, Light

“Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

Men, Tear, Light, Heart

“I rather wonder what I am doing here. I enjoy city life, you know. The glittering lights, the constant companionship, the liquid entertainment. The lack of sudden monkeys.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

Life, Light

“A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.”

Franz Kafka book The Zürau Aphorisms

87
The Zürau Aphorisms (1917 - 1918)
Variant: Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.

Light

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.”

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

World, Faith, Light, Faith

“It was the way the autumn day looked into the high windows as it waned; the way the red light, breaking at the close from under a low sombre sky, reached out in a long shaft and played over old wainscots, old tapestry, old gold, old colour.”

Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic

Way, Autumn, Light

“Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

Light

“She remembered no one at all. She remembered one day thinking: I am alone. There is no I but I. She lived in the dark. She taught herself to walk in the light, though it was not easy.”

Justin Cronin The Passage

Source: The Passage

Thinking, Light

“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”

Vera Nazarian (1966) American writer

Books, World, Light, Reading

“Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.”

Paulo Coelho book The Valkyries

Source: The Valkyries

Fear, Soul, Light

“as the shadows assume
shapes
I fight the slow
retreat

now
my once-promise
dwindling
dwindling

now
lighting new cigarettes
pouring more
drinks

it has been a beautiful
fight

still
is.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

Beauty, Drink, Light, Fight

“For those who've never experienced a sunrise in the rural midwest, it's roughly as soft and romantic as someone's abruptly hitting the lights in a dark room.”

David Foster Wallace book The Pale King

Source: The Pale King

Light

“But there is one thing you must remember, if you forget all else. There is no good or evil, save in the way you see the world. There is no dark or light save in your own vision. All changes in the blink of an eyelid; yet all remains the same.”

Juliet Marillier book Daughter of the Forest

Source: Daughter of the Forest

World, Way, Light, Evil

“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Hound of the Baskervilles

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Light

“It is not learning we need at all. Individuals need learning but the culture needs something else, the pulse of light on the sea, the warm urge of huddling together to keep out the cold. We need empathy, we need the eyes that still can weep.”

Lydia Millet (1968) American writer

Source: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

Light, Learning, Sea

“Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold.”

Mark Z. Danielewski book House of Leaves

Source: House of Leaves

Hope, Light, Cry

“The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.”

Shakti Gawain (1948–2018) Author

World, Light

“Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn.”

John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian

As quoted in The Peaceful Path of Prosperity : Practical and Spiritual Approaches to Enrich Your Life with Your Inner Wealth (2001) by Danny Babineaux; not found in any record of Wesley before 2001.
Misattributed
Variant: I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

People, Light, Passion

“The light that burned twice as bright burned half as long.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Light

“Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

Light, Water, Forgetting

“And as I watched him, I knew that in every dark night there was, somewhere, a small light burning that could never be quenched.”

Juliet Marillier book Son of the Shadows

Source: Son of the Shadows

Light, Night

“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

Source: Evil Thirst

Light, Appearance

“Oh! if people knew what a comfort to a horse a light hand is…”

Anna Sewell book Black Beauty

Source: Black Beauty

People, Light, Horse

“They say there is no light without dark, no good without evil, no male without female, no right without wrong. That nothing can exist if it's direct opposite does not also exist.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

Light, Evil

“A truth was being revealed to me: that I had always tried to attach myself to the light of other people, that I had never had any light of my own. I experienced myself as a kind of shadow.”

Zadie Smith book Swing Time

Source: Swing Time

People, Truth, Light

“Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire.”

Cormac McCarthy book The Road

Source: The Road

World, Light

“We Greeks are a moody people. Suicide makes sense to us. Putting up Christmas lights after your own daughter does it—that makes no sense. What mycould never understand about America was why everyone pretended to be happy all the time.”

Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides

Source: The Virgin Suicides

Happiness, People, Understanding, Sense

“There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.”

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) Polish-British writer

Soul, Light

“When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in everything: any bright light overhead could be a star.”

Sarah Dessen book The Moon and More

Source: The Moon and More

Love, Star, Light, Appearance

“Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Light, Weather

“Love drains you, takes with it much of your blood sugar and water weight. You are like a house slowly losing its electricity, the fans slowing, the lights dimming and flickering; the clocks stop and go and stop.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

Source: Self-Help

Love, Light, Water, Housing

“Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us.
These, our bodies, possessed by light.
Tell me we'll never get used to it.”

Richard Siken (1967) American poet

Source: Crush

Love, Light

“Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Light

“You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

Light

“I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep.”

Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) American novelist, poet, and short story writer

Light, Night

“He looks at me, the light in his eyes fractures into millions of bits—a kaleidoscope of darkness that may never be fixed.”

Alyson Nöel book Shadowland

Source: Shadowland

Light

“She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes—she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life.”

Edith Wharton book The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

Life, Hate, Way, Light

“It's not as if our lives are simply divided into light and dark. There's a shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does.”

Haruki Murakami book After Dark

Source: After Dark

Intelligence, Understanding, Light

“One should be light like a bird and not like a feather.”

Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels

Source: Six Memos For The Next Millennium

Bird, Light

“Everything has a crack in it; that's how the light gets in.”

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

"Anthem"
The Future (1992)
Variant: There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
Source: Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Context: Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

Light

“My god, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them? When you stand in the light. They're amazing… like molten gold. I could paint those… They're beautiful. You're beautiful.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

God, Beauty, Light, Painting

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