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Lightness Quotes (page 41)

Helen Keller quote: "Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge..."
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light. Helen Keller
With the lights out, This is dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us. Kurt Cobain
Terplash, & what difference make! One little white spark of light! Hair woven hands Penelope seaboat smeller Is Virgin you trying to fathom me Tiresome old sea, aint you sick & tired of all of this merde? this incessant boom boom & sand walk Jack Kerouac
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The world we live in is but thickened light."
The world we live in is but thickened light. Ralph Waldo Emerson
On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it. Jules Verne
How do we remember to remember? That's a question I've asked myself often since my time on Duma Key, often in the small hours of the morning, looking up into the absence of light, remembering absent friends. Sometimes in those little hours I think about the horizon. You have to establish the horizon. You have to mark the white. A simple enough act, you might say, but any act that re-makes the world is heroic. Or so I've come to believe. Stephen King
So this is how they lived. For some time Theo, like a tree living in the shadow of taller trees, found a way to live off reflected light. Dave Eggers
The city was blacked out because bombers might come, so Billy didn't get to see Dresden do one of the most cheerful things a city can do when the sun goes down, which is to wink its lights on one by one. Kurt Vonnegut
If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact. Ernest Hemingway
...The band did a salute to Stephen Foster and played 'Beautiful Dreamer' and we formed a bed. Then we played 'My Old Kentucky Home' while the majorettes slowly pranced like horses. We finished with 'I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair', we formed a comb. Miss Philpot is running out of ideas if you ask me. Fannie Flagg
In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care? Dave Eggers
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in..."
Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life: Bright the hawk's flight. On the empty sky. Ursula K. Le Guin
The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living. Viktor E. Frankl
The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls. Cornelia Funke
When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call "white" is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion. Diane Ackerman

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