#shadows

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#dawn #elderly #government #handicapped #how

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#basically #blues #clapton #early #english

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know

She threw one leg over his and straddled his lap, then reached under herself and found him again. He tore his mouth from hers. “Wait.” “No.” She looked him frankly in the eyes. “I don’t care if you spill at once. I need you inside me now.” His beautiful eyes widened and then narrowed. “You’ll not always hold the reins, my lady.” She smiled sweetly. “Naturally not, but I do now. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#isabel #thief-of-shadows #winter #beauty

I'll often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours. ↗

— Thayer David

#couple #dark #dark shadows #having #hours

I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation. ↗

— Bill Wyman

#always #audience #back #doing #front

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#important #know #shadows #you

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#extraordinarily #figuring #how #infinite #job

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving! ↗

— O. Henry

#business #family #love #man #nothing

To contemplate is to look at shadows. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#look #shadows