Darkness Inside Quotes

• Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Love, Dream, Art

  "The Raven" l. 25 (1845)

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• We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Inspirational, Dark

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

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Positive, Stars

  "The Greatest Salesman in the World". Book by Og Mandino, 1968.

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• Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.

  Marie Lu

  Darkness

  Marie Lu (2014). “The Young Elites”, p.66, Penguin

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• We've all got darkness inside us. And I've got quite a lot of darkness.

  Antony Sher

  Darkness

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• I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.

  Shelagh Delaney

  House, Darkness, Not Afraid

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• All of us have darkness inside us, and at times it possesses and seduces us in ways we never thought possible.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Darkness, Way, Seducing

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.97, Macmillan

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• What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

  Haruki Murakami

  Circles, Darkness, Tails

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “After The Quake”, p.56, Random House

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• The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.

  Adam Johnson

  Real, Imagination, Darkness

  Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.15, Random House

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• Don't be afraid, the darkness you're in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin, I bet you've never thought of that, you carry a darkness about with you all the time and that doesn't frighten you...my dear chap, you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside

  Jose Saramago

  Two, Darkness, Skins

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• We can't fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

  Debbie Ford

  Fighting, Compassion, Order

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• There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Life, Giving, Darkness

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.96, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• No, every person on this planet has darkness inside them. Buried so deep that only you know it's there when your world is coming to an end. Oh, but it's there. It's always there.

  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Darkness, World, Buried

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• When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of your skull.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Skulls, Evil

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• There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so but behind locked doors there are usually high emotions running.

  Salman Rushdie

  Running, Doors, Darkness

  "Salman Rushdie: My family values". Interview with Anita Sethi, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2012.

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• Because of my age and what I do for a living and the amount of time that I've spent away from my family and loved ones, I'm starting to relate more to the late-period Kerouac stuff in the way that I once related to the fun and excitement of the early material. There's a darkness inside of me that I'm only now starting to come to grips with and accept. And it's starting to scare me.

  Ben Gibbard

  Fun, Darkness, Age

  "The Meaning of Life" by Ben Gibbard, www.pastemagazine.com. April 10, 2008.

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