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Below is a compilation of different gloomy, unlighted, and shadowy quotes about darkness which will surely make you explore the deepest parts of yourself.
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140+ Eye-Opening Quotes About Darkness
1. Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King, Jr
2. “Stars can’t shine without darkness.” – Proverb
3. “Darkness is my nature.” – Proverb
4. “I walk in the darkness so that others may see the light.” – Unknown
5. Â “I don’t live in darkness, darkness lives in me.” – Unknown
6. “Light is easy to love. Show me your darkness.” – Proverb
7. “I am not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning to love myself there.” – Rune Lazuli
8. “I fear not dark itself, but what may lurk within it.” – Proverb
9. “In all this darkness let’s pretend everything ist just fine.” – Proverb
10. “Does it depress you. To know just how alone you really are.” – Unknown
11. “The shadows do not appear in the dark.” – Unknown
12. “Normal people have no idea how beautiful the darkness is.” – Unknown
13. “What doesn’t kill me might make me kill you.” – Proverb
14. “Will you love me even my dark side.” – Proverb
15. “The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.” – Unknown
16. “Try loving dark and you’ll never hate loneliness.” – Unknown
17. “Death has come to your little town, Sherrif.” – Unknown
18. “A dark room doesn’t scare much as a dark mind does.” – Proverb
19. “I don’t need you to light up my world. Just sit with me in the dark.” –Â Proverb
20. “Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul.” – Proverb
21. “Everybody has darkness in them; it’s just how much you let out.” – Unknown
22. “No amount of darkness can hide a spark of light.” – Unknown
23. “It’s hard to see a way out, isn’t it.” – Proverb
24. “Darkness and death both exist within this loneliness.” – Proverb
25. “What we know is a drop. What we don’t know is an ocean.” – Unknown
26. “It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.” – Richard Evans
27. “Just like the moon, half of my heart will always love the dark.” – Proverb
28. “You will never forget a person who came to you with a torch in the dark.” – Unknown
29. “No one who dies a glorious death ever brags about it.” – Ivan Karhoff
30. “Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk to you again.” – Proverb
31. “When darkness branches to your soul, light still finds a way to rise.” – Angie Weiland -Crosby
32. “The world of darkness isn’t scary.” – Unknown
33. “You can not stand in the light while sheltering the darkness.” – Proverb
34. “All stars are born in the dark and all darkness dies in the light.” – Proverb
35. “Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.” – Unknown
36. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” – Anas Nin
37. “The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.” – Unknown
38. “And I was in the darkness so darkness I became.” – Proverb
39. “No one cared who I was until I put on the mask.” – Proverb
40. “Let light shine out of darkness.” – Proverb
41. “The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk.” – Carl Sandburg
42. “It wasn’t the wild animals that scared her, but the civilised ones.” – Heena Rathore
43. “We must pass through the darkness to reach the light.” – Unknown
44. “Don’t give up, skeleton.” – Unknown
45. “We don’t believe we only fear.” – Unknown
46. “In the midst of darkness, light persists.” – Mahatma Gandhi
47. “Surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light.” – Alan Brennert
48. “Don’t worry about the darkness in my soul, It ignites me like an embered coal.”- Unknown
49. “In the end, we all get committed to someone for a lifetime.” – Unknown
50. “Ncytophilia. The love of darkness or night, finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness.” – Proverb
51. “Accept your loneliness you are you only friend.” – Unknown
52. “We all have a dark side but some are darker than others.” – Proverb
53. “We fall in love with the most unexpected person at most unexpected times.” – Proverb
54. “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” – Proverb
55. “It’s not about what I want, It’s about what’s fair.” – Harvey Dent
56. “I shut my eyes and all the world drops; I lift my eyes and all is born again.” – Sylvia Plath
57. “No darkness lasts forever, And even there, there are stars.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
58. “Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” -Mark Twain
59. “What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.” – Unknown
60. “You can appreciate the light but before that, you have to know the darkness.” – Proverb
61. “But without the dark, we wouldn’t know the warmth of light.” – Unknown
62. “Well aren’t you a little ray of pitch black.” – Proverb
63. “I wish my book of life was written in pencil, there are a few pages I would like to erase.” – Unknown
64. “There is no darkness but ignorance.” – William Shakespeare
65. “Darkness is the generator that is needed to switch on the light.” – Proverb
66. “The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.” – Sylvia Plath
67. “I know that if I wasn’t scared something’s wrong, because the thrill is what’s scary.” – Richard Pryor
68. “Faith is the light that guides you through the darkness.” – Unknown
69. “It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.” – Proverb
70. “Don’t let the darkness take you.” – Unknown
71. “It is locked for a reason.” -Unknown
72. “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung
73. “They devil asked me how I knew my way around the halls of hell. I told him I did not need a map for the darkness I know so well.” – Unknown
74. “Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it’s those hours that make us what we are.” – Proverb
75. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr
76. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
77. “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness, It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver
78. “There is no darkness but ignorance. Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” – Proverb
79. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
80. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” – Francis Bacon
81. “Darkness the definition is the absence of light. You can not see darkness. Darkness can not exist with light. Darkness can not be explained. Darkness only comes when everything else has gone. Darkness is nothing, then darkness is everything.” – Proverb
82. “And oh you dark girl, out there. You’re pretty enough for a pure soul to love.” – Umar Nasir
83. “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make.” – Bram Stoker
84. “When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.” – Unknown
85. “Life has dark moments and it is out of our darkness that we often find our greatest beauties and strengths.” – Bryant Mcgill
86. “If you let a dark passion grow inside you it will burst your soul into pieces.” – Proverb
87. “Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.” – Martin Luther King Jr
88. “I wish my book of life was written in pencil, there are a few pages I would like to erase.” – Unknown
89. “Yesterday, today and tomorrow are not consecutive, they are connected in a never-ending circle. Everything is connected.” – Proverb
90. “There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there.” – Barbara Brown Taylor
91. “Darkness is beautiful. Dark is a mystery. Darkness is different. Dark is addiction. Dark is addiction. Dark is the color of blood. Darkness is another phase of life. Dark is the beginning of hope after which you can see the light; Struggling in everyday life is another name of darkness; If there’s no darkness, then life is worthless, Dark is something it can’t be described in some words, Though “Dark” is terrifying but beautiful.” – Saheli Sarka
92. “When I shutdown I shut all the way down. I don’t want to talk, I ‘don’t want to be surrounded by people, I don’t want to answer my phone, and I don’t want to be bothered just let me go through what I go through and I’ll be alright.” – Unknown
93. “There is not enough darkness in all the world to put our the light of even one small candle.” – Robert Alden
94. “Hope not ever to see heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into a fire and into ice.” – Dante Alighieri
95. “He saw the darkness in her beauty. She saw the beauty in his darkness.” – Proverb
96. “You open my doors at your own peril. My ghosts are in there.” – Unknown
97. “Don’t be afraid of dead people spirits, be afraid of real people.” – Proverb
98. “The night summons like an unquenched love, Reckoning with the promise of dark desire.” – Unknown
99. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” – Martin Luther King Jr
100. “If the moment is dark in the light. Then only we can see that shining light. Light to conquer the world so new that makes you forget all the blue so wishing you a great birthday today have the most blessed day.” – Proverb
101. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
102. “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” – Carl Jung
103. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat just get on.” – Sheryl Sandborg
104. “Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light: I have loved the stars too fondly, to be fearful of the night.” – Sarah Williams
105. “As far we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” – Carl Jung
106. “She loves darkness because she is herself the moon of a dark side of her fickle heart.” – Unknown
107. “My mind’s so dark and twisted that even I don’t know what goes on in there most times or the things, lurking in the corners of my mind.” – Proverb
108. “Then there are some relations in the world which don’t require a relationship status the love is secretly felt in hearts of the two.” – Unknown
109. “We all have monsters deep down inside some monsters are never satisfied.” – Proverb
110. “All I want is vengeance the past is all what matters to me this is true power. I can see fine in the darkness.” – Unknown
111. “Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it molded by it, I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me.” – Proverb
112. “Darkness some people are afraid of it. Some people embrace it, It appears everywhere there is an absence of light. Darkness is merely the absence of light. yet since most, people spend too much time being afraid of the Darkness outside than the Darkness within themselves. It sits there inside, permeating your heart and mind until it is the color of the pitch, Be wary of the Darkness within, for unless you unleash Light upon it the Darkness will surely devour you.” – Unknown
113. “Most of the darkness in your life is caused by the ways that you are standing in the way of your own light.” – Teal Swan
114. “Darkness is a subjective word it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.” – Proverb
115. “All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.” – Helen Keller
116. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – Unknown
117. “You’ve lent us your strength but we have strength we can lend you too.” – Neko Kuroha
118. “She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.” – Neil Gaiman
119. “The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.” – Unknown
120. “Darkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love If we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love.” – Marianne Williamson
121. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Unknown
122. “I like the darkness. There’s something to the feeling of not knowing your surroundings, not seeing the color of things as they appear, but as they truly are, There’s something about the unknown, the quiet, the cold. There’s something unspoken about the dark, something I can never quite put words to. Something terrifying yet beautiful.” – Unknown
123. “She’s a saint with the lips of a sinner. She’s an angel with a devilish kiss.” – Unknown
124. “There are those who are afraid of the dark. Not just because it’s dark but because of what’s in the dark.” – Proverb
125. “Some people may tell you they care for you and eventually won’t turn up and then there are few rare people who are always a call away even if they are far away.” – Unknown
126. “If you love large, you’ve got to hurt large. If you’ve got a lot of light, you’ve probably got an equal amount of darkness.” – Sarah Mclachlan
127. “It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.” – Unknown
128. “I will not have you without the darkness that hides within you. I will not let you have me without the madness that makes me. If our demons cannot dance, neither can we.” – Nikita Gill
129. “I’ve discovered that even in the worst circumstances, light paves the way through the darkest of shadows.” – Proverb
130. “Everyone has a dark side they sometimes try to hide, I guess that makes it more attractive.” – Alexander Mcqueen
131. “We all need to look in the Darkside of out nature that’s where all the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we’re busy denying.” – Sue Grafton
132. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it.” – Unknown
133. “It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years on half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
134. “I keep it all inside because I’d rather the pain destroy me than everyone else.” – Proverb
135. “No matter how dark the night is, no matter how dark your life is, there will always be light, guiding you back like the moon.” – Unknown
136. “Inside my head, I see your face. I fucking hate that I love you still.” – Proverb
137. “Until we have seen someone’s darkness we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is.” – Marianne Williamson
138. “One must accept and understand their dark side to be able to strengthen their integrity.” – Unknown
139. “Only in darkness can we glimpse the fullest light our soul carries for us.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby
140. “You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.” – Proverb
141. “We all look different but our story is similar we fight to survive this is our life If we lose It there is no more second chance.” – Proverb
142. “If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks, then ill follow you into the dark.” – Proverb
143. “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, But the low aim, Is the crime. In great attempts, It is glorious even to fail.” – Unknown
144. “Your silence is a twisted rope around my neck and I’m choking on the words unsaid and the unkept promises.” – Veronika Jensen