#dark

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming. ↗

— John Sexton

#advanced age #age #amazing #behind #camera

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#anybody #black #black comedy #chinese #comedy

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#believing #comfort #darkness #despair #gives

I say there is no darkness but ignorance. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#i #ignorance #say

People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#come #dark #down #light #like

Rage is really only for the good days. The truth is there's little of that left. the truth is that the forms I see have been slowly emptied out. They no longer have any content. They are shapes only. A train, a wall, a world. Or a man. A thing dangling in senseless articulation in a howling void. No meaning to its life. Its words. Why would I seek the company of such a thing? Why? ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#existentialism #realist #life

There was a reason my first substantial role after rehab was to play a maniac whose personal story ended badly. I knew what it was like to go those dark places. I played a guy who died as a result of his abuse. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#after #badly #dark #dark places #died

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#actually #beautiful #darkness #healing #i

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#bounds #break #dark #death #first

I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#dark #experienced #i #joy #now