Ethan Canin Quotes

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

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

Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.

In the darkest of times, the most fulfilling thing in the world is finding the light.

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

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

Often, small things give me hope when big things feel so oppressively bleak.

Darkness does not truly have sway. I think that it's weak.

Sometimes you find your strongest faith in the darkest corners.

Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination, and ... such illumination may well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickering, and often weak light that some men and women, in their lives and their works, will kindle under almost all circumstances and shed over the time-span that was given them on earth.

Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the darkest days. Despite our separation, he always managed to find small ways to remind me that there are gentlemen in the world, even when I was surrounded by just the opposite.

People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always very happy when I can achieve that.

The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.