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“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.”

— Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man, Share via Whatsapp

“There is a crack in everything. That s how the light gets in.”

— Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968, Share via Whatsapp

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

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Share via Whatsapp

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Share via Whatsapp

“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”

— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Share via Whatsapp

“It s the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.”

— Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me, Share via Whatsapp

“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, Share via Whatsapp

“Light your fire.”

— Adrienne Posey, Share via Whatsapp

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

— Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy, Share via Whatsapp

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”

— Og Mandino, Share via Whatsapp

“When you get to the end of all the light you know and it s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.”

— Edward Teller, Share via Whatsapp

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”

— John Milton, Paradise Lost, Share via Whatsapp

“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.”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Share via Whatsapp

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”

— Romain Rolland, Share via Whatsapp

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won t do harm - yes, choose a place where you won t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”

— E.M. Forster, A Room with a View, Share via Whatsapp

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.”

— Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux, Share via Whatsapp

“Everything in the light so Satan has nothing to use against me in the dark.”

— Marnie Swedberg, Share via Whatsapp