Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him. - William Shakespeare
Some memories never heal. Rather than fading with the passage of time, those memories become the only things that are left behind when all else is abraded. The world darkens, like electric bulbs going out one by one. I am aware that I am not a safe person. - Han Kang, Human Acts
Our dreams are luminous, a cast fire upon the world.Morning arrives and that's it.Sunlight darkens the earth. - Charles Wright
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - J. R. R. Tolkien
In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind. - Krishnamurti