Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes

Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.

I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half.

However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud.

When things get dark, they're going to get darker, and at that very moment, that's when you hang on that much tighter because that's when salvation and light come.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

I do not believe this darkness will endure.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

To hope is to send darkest night into exile.

Bad nights lead to better days

At the darkest moment comes the light.

We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Our negative life situations are essential elements for us to fulfill our intended destiny. However, unless we possess the power of endurance to live through the dark of the night, we will not see the glory of daybreak.

Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.

No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.

It is always darkest before the dawn.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

There's no night without stars.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.