Dark Places Quotes

• I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.

  Gillian Flynn

  Real, Dark, Might

  Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.449, Broadway Books

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• Maybe we all have a dark place inside of us, a place where dark thoughts and darker dreams live, but it doesn't have to become who we are.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Dream, Dark, Who We Are

  Mary E. Pearson (2011). “The Fox Inheritance”, p.284, Macmillan

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• To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Inspirational, Dark, Light

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “The Farthest Shore”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• I think good art does come from a dark place.

  Rick Springfield

  Art, Dark, Thinking

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• But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here. Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back up—stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Ocean, Heart, Dark

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• The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, World, Lord Of The Ring

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Light, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.266, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Dark, Light, Needs

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, p.172, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• If there's a heaven, it's a cold place. A dark place. A lonely place.

  Hiroshi Sakurazaka

  Lonely, Dark, Heaven

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• There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Dark, Return, Calling

  Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

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• The human heart is a mysterious and sometimes dark place.

  Emily Yoffe

  Heart, Dark, Mysterious

  "I Won't Be Home for Christmas". Live chat, www.slate.com. September 8, 2015.

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• Without a dream to light your way, the world is a very dark place.

  Marion Zimmer Bradley

  Dream, Dark, Light

  "Heartlight".

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• Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.

  George R. R. Martin

  Lying, Dark, Path

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1075, Bantam

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• For some, the past is a chain, each day a link, raveling backward to one ringbolt or another, in one dark place or another, and tomorrow is a slave to yesterday.

  Dean Koontz

  Dark, Past, Yesterday

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.10, Bantam

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• Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

  Robin Wasserman

  Dark, Dark Things

  Robin Wasserman (2013). “The Waking Dark”, p.83, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Wake the sleeper must, and confront his fears, or risk being lost in the dark places of the mind forever.

  Juliet Marillier

  Dark, Forever, Risk

  Juliet Marillier (2010). “Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy”, p.50, Macmillan

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• Awareness There is a dark place. A place where I have no eyes, no mouth. No words. I can't cry out because I have no breath. The silence is so deep I want to die. But I can't. The darkness and silence go on forever. It is not a dream. I don't dream.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Dream, Eye, Dark

  Mary E. Pearson (2012). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Chapters 1-5”, p.6, Macmillan

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• Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

  Jeannette Walls

  Dark, Light, Shining

  Jeannette Walls (2014). “The Silver Star: A Novel”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

  Nellie L. McClung

  Dark, Shining, Legacy

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• I was in a very dark place for a long time. It's just so hard to have normalcy.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Dark, Long, Normalcy

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• Why must holy places be dark places?

  C. S. Lewis

  Dark, Holy Places, Holy

  C. S. Lewis (1980). “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold”, p.255, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

  Clive Barker

  Dark, Promise, Care

  FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Apr 28, 2013

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• The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Love, Hope, Inspiration

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I feel like my job is to give hope. The world is in a dark place and we are living in somewhat of a nightmare. So I want to make films to give hope.

  Hany Abu-Assad

  Jobs, Dark, Giving

  Source: variety.com

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• Sometimes the best map will not guide you,
  you can't see what's round the bend.
  Sometimes the road leads through dark places,
  sometimes the darkness is your friend

  Bruce Cockburn

  Dark, Maps, Sometimes

  Song: Pacing the Cage, Album: Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo

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