Shadow Quotes

• More than a shadow and less than a soul.

  Anne Bishop

  Soul

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• Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates.

  Ted Dekker

  Light, Turns

  Ted Dekker (2005). “The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

  Gregory Maguire

  Eye, Light, Dark Side

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “Mirror Mirror: A Novel”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• I like my shadow; it reminds me that I exist.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

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• Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Betrayal

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• Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.

  Fausto Cercignani

  Identity, Like You, Visible

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• There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

  Isabel Allende

  Pain, Light, Without Pain

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• The shadows are only the darkest when the light is at its brightest.

  Glenn Beck

  Light

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• It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Light, Knows

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  Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Walt Whitman, The Secret Libraries (2016). “Walt Whitman Quotes... Vol. 20: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Walt Whitman”

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• A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

  John Keats

  Dream, Hope, Restless Spirit

  John Keats (1818). “Endymion: A Poetic Romance”, p.43

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• somethings can only be seen in the shadows

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.15, Penguin

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• The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

  George R. R. Martin

  Flames, Deep Thought, Brightness

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1248, Bantam

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• Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

  Amy Lee

  Mean, Light, Evanescence

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• Word is a shadow of a deed.

  Democritus

  Deeds

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• The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.

  John Locke

  Positive Things

  John Locke (1836). “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, p.74

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• Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Wind, Rainbow, Keep Moving Forward

  Jonathan Huie, Mary Anne Radmacher (2009). “Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times & Bad”, p.10, Conari Press

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• My shadow serves as the friend I crave

  Anna Akhmatova

  Crave

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• If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light

  Lady Gaga

  Light, Ifs

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• Nothing is the shadow of Everything.

  Meher Baba

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• Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Light, Darkness, Absence

  Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.159, Library of Alexandria

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• Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.

  Junichiro Tanizaki

  Would Be

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• The shadows: some hide, others reveal.

  Antonio Porchia

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

  Junichiro Tanizaki

  Beauty, Dark, Light

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• Remember, you have no companions but your shadow

  Genghis Khan

  Remember You, Remembers You, Companion

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