O. Henry Quotes

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.

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

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

The dark is light enough.

When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud At what has happened. Birds, at least must know It is the change to darkness in the sky. Murmuring something quiet in her breast, One bird begins to close a faded eye; Or overtaken too far from his nest, Hurrying low above the grove, some waif Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. At most he thinks or twitters softly, 'Safe! Now let the night be dark for all of me. Let the night be too dark for me to see Into the future. Let what will be, be.

Why is it called 'after dark' when it really is 'after light'?

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.

The lamp sizzled as it burned. It made everything seem close and safe, a little family circle they all knew and trusted. Outside this circle lay everything that was strange and frightening, and the darkness seemed to reach higher and higher and further and further away, right to the end of the world.

You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.

When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, "Now what are we going to do about the darkness?" It's gone!

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

I am sunlight slicing the dark.

Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is.

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.

If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light

Outside is dark. The kitchen light is loud. It deafens me as I walk towards it.

I want very much to be back in the caul, on my back in the dark forever.

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

Light had a way of keeping the monsters of my imagination at bay.

I'll be the light in the window.

The approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light, When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade, And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.

And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more; And as I turn me home, My shadow walks before.