#dark

But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#aids #appearance #better #building #clearer

People like her because she's like a breath of fresh air. Because in the fifth book it gets so dark and Harry's always cross and then every time Luna comes in all the tension goes and she makes you laugh because she's so funny and really honest. I don't know how much I'm like her, there are some similarities but I'm more determined than her. ↗

— Evanna Lynch

#always #because #book #breath #comes

I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old. ↗

— Rooney Mara

#comedy #dark #darker #funny #i

Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

#attitude #dark #dark ages #him #i

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. ↗

— William McKinley

#defeat #may #nearest #time #victory

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

#darkness #equal #got #hurt #large

Nothing shows you the straight line from here to death like a list. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#humor #death

They were, I doubt not, happy enough in their dark stalls, because they were horses, and had plenty to eat; and I was at times quite happy enough in the dark loft, because I was a man, and could think and imagine. ↗

— Hugh Miller

#could #dark #doubt #eat #enough

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter. ↗

— Donna Mills

#colors #dark #even #happy #important

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. ↗

— Rick Moody

#books #dark #emotions #find #funny