Robert Eggers Quotes

In the full light of day, I don't want to think about the sunset.

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

I'm sick of running away from things.

By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness

You need to face what you're running from

Perseus wore a magic cap that the monsters he hunted down might not see him. We draw the magic cap down over eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.

The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.

To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.

The darkness declares the glory of light.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders

He can run, but he can't hide.

If you don't like the situation, if you are afraid and can't deal with it, nothing wrong with your legs, get out of there.

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly - until at last the darkness is no more.

The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.

She said people found running to something easier than running from something.

So that's the ghost you been running from.

Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.

We're ostriches and the whole world is sand.