Ben Loory on dark
Ben Loory3 quotes“Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.”
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He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost.
Ben LooryBen Loory Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on dark
She had been wrong to think it wouldn’t matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he took her for granted – not like an old coat in the corner of a dark cupboard, as she’d put it to herself , but like the very air that he breathed .
Ahdaf SoueifAhdaf Soueif Enticing hope is like lighting candle in the dark room.
Aftab AlamAftab Alam The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille When there is spirit and light, the dark forces of whatever is hidden and suppressed – like hatred and separation – become more powerful.
Agapi StassinopoulosAgapi Stassinopoulos Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa Sometimes we smile at a child thats afraid of the dark.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
Adlai Stevenson IIAdlai Stevenson II It’s everywhere, really. It’s between the galaxies. It is in this room.
Adam RiessAdam Riess