#shadow

Ever, could I or could I not count the shadows of our being? ↗

— Nema Al-Araby

#love #shadows #love

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#set #shadows #sun #men

Shhh.” He put a finger to her lips. “Hear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had. I cannot survive losing you. (Winter Makepeace) ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#thief-of-shadows #winter #life

Turning away, I stared at the long road winding off ahead of me. I sighed. This trip might take awhile. "Then start walking, Rose," I muttered to myself. I set off, off to kill the man I loved. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #shadow-kiss #love

I have been sitting watching that ever since I came back, the continuous variations of light and shadow. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#been #came #continuous #ever #i

Around here, though, people don't treat me any differently. That's to be expected. I don't mind at all, being in the shadow of three Hall of Famers. I just want to learn all I can from them. ↗

— Reggie Lewis

#around #being #differently #expected #hall

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#back #comes #fear #forth #future

I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish. ↗

— Marcel Marceau

#appears #backgrounds #black #designed #destiny

I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene. ↗

— Grandma Moses

#color #different #eyes #get #greens

A human being is only breath and shadow. ↗

— Sophocles

#breath #human #human being #only #shadow