#light

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#loss #light

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#paraphrased #light

I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#reform #light

Oh, leave it,” said Jem, kicking Will, not without affection, lightly on the ankle. “She’s annexed my plan!” “Will,” Tessa said firmly. “Do you care more about the plan being enacted or about getting credit for it?” Will pointed a finger at her. “That,” he said. “The second one. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#tessa #will #light

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#sunset #light

When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots? ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#light

Why are you always trying to get yourself killed?" "It's my job." "It's a hazard of your job. At least for most Shadowhunters. For you it seems to be the purpose. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #simon-lewis #purpose

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment. ↗

— Iain Pears

#human-spirit #philosophy #dreams

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#portia-de-rossi #unbearable-lightness #english

This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#unexpected