I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness. Franz Kafka
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity. Sylvia Plath, Ariel
I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong. George R R Martin, A Dance with Dragons
From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of scorpions to torment. Charles Manson
A dungeon horrible, on all sides round,
As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames
No light; but rather darkness visible
Served only to discover sights of woe. John Milton, Paradise Lost
To sit in darkness here
Hatching vain empires. ibid. 2:377
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. Carl Jung
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came, and went – and came, and brought no day. Lord Byron, Darkness
Oh, but you are alone! Who knows what you’ve spoken to the darkness? In bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of your bower closing in about you, like a hutch to trammel some wild thing in! [puts hand to cheek] So fair, so cold, like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter’s chill. The Lord of the Rings II: Two Towers 2002 starring Elijah Wood & Ian McKellan & Viggo Mortensen & Liv Tyler & Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett & John Rhys-Davies & Bernard Hill & Christopher Lee & Billy Boyd & Dominic Monaghan & Orlando Bloom & Hugo Weaving & Karl Urban & Sean Bean & Andy Serkis, director Peter Jackson, Grima Wormtongue
There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights. (Light & Darkness) Bram Stoker, Dracula
Q) What are you doing sitting there in the dark, Starling?
A) Thinking about Cannibalism. Hannibal 2000 starring Anthony Hopkins & Julianne Moore & Gary Oldman & Ray Liotta & Frankie Faison & Giancarlo Giannini & Francesca Neri & David Andrews & Francis Guianan et al, director Ridley Scott, sexist agent to Starling