Dark Night – Quotes

There was nothing, just

There was nothing, just this deathly, terrible silence in the dark night with the stars overhead. Eva Hart

There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night Ernest Bramah

Though woman needs the

Though woman needs the protection of one man against his whole sex, in pioneer life, in threading her way through a lonely forest, on the highway, or in the streets of the metropolis on a dark night, she sometimes needs, too, the protection of all men against this one. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Quantum mechanics provides us

Quantum mechanics provides us with an approximate, plausible, conjectural explanation of what actually is, or was, or may be taking place inside a cyclotron during a dark night in February. Edward Abbey

I\\’m an atheist, I

I’m an atheist, I always thought, ‘This is it.’ If there is going to be a heaven, it should be on earth. I feel much happier than most people. I’m fairly stoic about death, but I’m not keen on dying if it’s going to be long and protracted. I don’t have dark nights of the … Read more

In visions of the

In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah! what is not a dream by day To him whose eyes are cast On things around him with a ray Turned back upon the past? That holy dream- that holy … Read more

In visions of the

In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed– But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Edgar Allan Poe

Being human is a

Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol’ dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes! Friedrich Nietzsche

I was broken in

I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! Frederick Douglass

The truth does not

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds emotion as well as reason and there are long periods in the lives of all of us, and of the saints, when the truth as revealed by faith is hideous, emotionally disturbing, downright repulsive. Witness the dark night … Read more