History Quotes / TheSacredDarkness

-->-- ''Psalm 91:1''

->''"To truly see, your eyes must be open to both light… and dark."''
-->-- '''Father Balder''', ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''

->''"This is a more alchemical perspective: spirit needs to be embodied; alchemy recognizes that both Light and Dark are divine and deserving of our respect."''
-->-- '''Biblioteca Arcana''', [[http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/AGEDE/Fire.html on Fire]]

->''"Here we are unconditionally whole, where we live in the divine paradox of the unknown. [[CastingAShadow Yin]] is as good as [[LightEmUp yang]]. Together they make up the Tao, where all is perfect. Nobody is more or less special than anyone else. Here in fact, nothing is sacred because there is nothing here that is not sacred."''
-->-- '''Randine Lewis'''

->''"He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."''
-->-- ''Literature/BookOfPsalms'', ''Psalm 18:11''

->''"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty."''
-->-- ''Psalm 91:1''

->''"Holy darkness, blessed night, Heaven's answer hidden from our sight, as we await you, O God of silence, we embrace your holy night."''
-->-- '''Dan Schutte'''

->''"The gods gave Man the darkness so that he might sleep in peace, wrapping it around him as a blanket against the harsh light of day. The darkness reminds us of death, and thus, of sweet life. The darkness gives tone to the world, rich and varied."''
-->-- "[[ElementalEmbodiment Leamonde Entite]] Bestiary Entry, Page 1: Observations", ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''

''(...)''\\
''The waning moon was high in the sky, but shielded by clouds it afforded little light. I'd been glad of the cloud cover. I'd felt comforted by the darkness and as one with the shadows, so much so that by the time I reached the Wheiler House it seemed as if [[OurVampiresAreDifferent I]] had become a shadow myself."''

->''"When the sun's out, and the moonlight is in\\
It blankets the land and a new life begins..."''
-->-- "The Children of the Night" by '''Bliss N Eso'''

->''"Remember, the sun burns the flesh. Only in the shadows can you find refuge."''
--> '''Shadow-Sage Iskar''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Warlords of Draenor''

->''And at night, in the confines of his cupboard, he stared. Embraced the darkness like a friend he had known his whole life. For that was what it was. Not a terror as the other children thought, or a punishment as his "family" believed, but a companion. A comfort in a life of abuse and hate.''
--> '''Harry's third person narration''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13301730/1/On-Wings-of-the-Void On Wings of the Void]]''

->''"Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me! Protect me in your black embrace!"''
-->--'''The Lord of Darkness''', ''Film/Legend1985''

->The Night was first...and it was ours first. If you've forgotten your birthright, I'm not ashamed to claim it still.
-->-- '''Luthien''', ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript''

-> Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.
--> '''Creator/CSLewis'''

->''“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”''

-> Holy places are dark places. it is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.

->''“If life has days, it also has nights. If there’s light, there’s dark, too. There’s lots of fun things to do in the dark.”''

-->-- ''Psalm 18:11''

-->--'''The Lord of Darkness''', ''Film/Legend1985''

-->--'''Troll Druid''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics''

->->''"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty."''

-> And at night, in the confines of his cupboard, he stared. Embraced the darkness like a friend he had known his whole life. For that was what it was. Not a terror as the other children thought, or a punishment as his "family" believed, but a companion. A comfort in a life of abuse and hate.

->Lady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea.

->Deities of the night are a mixed bunch, with a range of specific concerns. Some are gods of the moon or stars. Others are patrons of those humans who operate most at night, including thieves (and, in some societies, wizards). Some are gods of sleep or dreams. A pantheon can actually include two or three such deities without a serious overlap of responsibilities; the trick is to give each of them a distinctive personality and some variation in powers and spells available to their priests. ... Obviously, a deity of darkness is likely to be seen as mysterious and shadowy at best, downright sinister at worst – but a god of peaceful sleep and helpful dreams may be a good friend to humanity, and moon gods are often seen as essentially benevolent.

-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''

-->-- Gnostic [[http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0015.html prayer]]

The brights blessed day,\\

--> '''Harry's third person narration''', [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13301730/1/On-Wings-of-the-Void On Wings of the Void]]
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--> And at night, in the confines of his cupboard, he stared. Embraced the darkness like a friend he had known his whole life. For that was what it was. Not a terror as the other children thought, or a punishment as his "family" believed, but a companion. A comfort in a life of abuse and hate.