It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.
Do you remember? Do you remember the world before the dark? Do you remember the world with mothers and fathers and stillness that did not feel like death?
You taste of the sea, of clocks, dark nights, of everything that is soothing and prohibited. Of dawn in the eyes, falling snow and destiny.
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
Lord, I pray that you will let my talent bring JOY and BEAUTY to a world that sometimes is dark and discouraging.
Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn Indicative that suns go down; The notice to the startled grass That darkness is about to pass.
No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the darker that shadow becomes.
Light and dark ain't supposed to mix. They're like broccoli and chocolate - just nasty when you put them together - but that appears to be what's happening with you
His plate was full but his fists sat motionless like two dark quartz stones on either side of it.
My dad liked to say that magic itself is never black; only the uses to which it is put, but mind magic is already tinted a deep, dark gray.
In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.
Paoletta turned to him with a dark face. “You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.
She could never understand why creatures of darkness had the slightest interest in spineless human girls.
Every step towards Education is important , Just like every lighting lamp remove a bit of darkness from this world
...that to me, was what courage was - moving forward and doing what you needed to do, despite how difficult or terrifying it may seem.
He liked murder. Murder and long walks had been two of his favorite things when he was younger.
God, now she knew what decent men felt like, the disquiet before taking someone for their first time.
Even if the aliens are short, dour, and sexually obsessed—if they’re here, I want to know about them.
She gave herself up to the waves of the storm. If they drowned, it would be together, a shattered vessel on the sea, a collision of longing and desire.
Yes, it's worth it. The pain of sorrow is terrible and hard to bear, but the joy of love makes it worthwhile. p123
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.
