Light Quotes
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"When he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun."
"There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights."
"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
"Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside."
"Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."
"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light."
"It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world."
"Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are."
"Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us."
"Green was the silence, wet was the light,the month of June trembled like a butterfly."
"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
"PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry."
"Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars."
"She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day."
"Quit making shade while I’m trying to make noon. Go put on a blindfold and act like midnight. There’s leftover love in the freezer if you get cold."
"Candle making is a half-ass business, because the product is only useful half the day, at night. Why not make candles that double as dildos, and make it a whole-ass business."
"My love for you grows daily, and all it takes is exposure to your sunny disposition, coupled with watering it with coffee."
"My life is but a firefly’s flicker, so I’d better use my brief moment to light up the darkness that covers her path."
"You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been."
"When I go off the grid, my main source of light will be fireflies. Oh, and the glow that will come from the epic love poem I am writing for you."
"LightLightThe visible reminder of Invisible Light."
"Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win."
"There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed."
"It's alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not where you've been. You're still an innocent. It's okay life is a tough crowd, 32 is still growing up now."
"An eye for an eye my friend."
"She moves through my memory the way the gentle river waves turn the setting sun's rays into a nostalgic light show."
"In my memory her love shimmers, glimmers, and glitters the way light on black water reflects like diamonds, the treasure that was us."
"In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace."
"The memory of her love shimmers the way white light ripples gently on the midnight river, and I am currently thirsting to swim in the current that will flow downstream into her wading and waiting arms."
"May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you..."
"I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind."
"There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion."
"I had a dream about you last night. I was alone on a dark night and you came to me as a firefly. I knew it was you because you were the brightest."
"I’m a powerful being. I caused the night to turn into day. And I didn’t even try! I simply waited. I’ll bet I could even do it in my sleep."
"If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead."
"The brightest light casts the darkest shadow."
"Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light."
"The sunset produces flower clouds in a garden in the sky, and while there is still light you can see a heavenly representation of my love for you.The sunrise produces rays that light up the world like your eyes do when you're with me. They shimmer and I can see the stars in your eyes that gleam from your soul.-Jarod Kintz and Karen Quan"
"Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook"
"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."
"[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light."
"Oh, what is brighter than the light?What is darker than the night?What is keener than an axe?What is softer than melting wax?Truth is brighter than the light,Falsehood darker than the night.Revenge is keener than an axe,And love is softer than melting wax."
"Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)"
"i want to be in love with youthe same wayi am in love with the moonwith the lightshiningout of its soul."
"The light of love, the purity of grace,The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole —And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!"
"I fell for you like the stars fall from the sky. Flames and light and twinkle dust, our burning love showered the night. The dust has been collecting since the day you left, and I dare not leave even one fingerprint in it, because one should never try to touch the past.-Crystal Woods and Jarod Kintz"
"Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:God said, Let Newton be! and all was light."
"I see black light (his last words)"
"No matter how dim the light filtering through the trees is, you can still try your best to grasp it. -Kaien Cross"
"Let us each take up our flaming torches and mount as the blazing fireballs of light that we are and let's burn the skies and leave it with deep scars and let them be our signatures upon eternity as we go forth!"
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