David Almond Quotes

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.

I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.

You shine like a beacon in a dark world.

Every day you must arise and say to your heart, I have suffered enough and now I must live because the light of the sun must not be wasted, it must not be lost without an eye to appreciate it.

There's no night without stars.

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

I think we both have some darkness in us. But when we are together, we tend to concentrate more on the light.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

I don't know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little bit of the fairy tale. Let others photograph the ugliness of the world. I don't want to distress people.

People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.

When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light.

As a science fiction and fantasy writer, I used to love writing bleak, grimdark futures full of bleak, grimdark people. But I've found that as the world around me darkens, all I really want to do is grasp for more light.

On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.

The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.

Beneath the worst the world can do, there is always the glimmer of the best.

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination.

The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.

There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.

Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there's always light and hope in the world.

The deepest dark reveals the starriest hope.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

I am sunlight slicing the dark.

Let us leave our old friend in one of those moments of unmixed happiness which, if we seek them, there are ever some, to cheer our transitory existence here. There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.