“ He was a dim secondary social success -- and all with people who had truly not an idea of him. It was all mere surface sound, this murmur of their welcome, this popping of their corks -- just as his g… Henry James
“ Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin
“ Trez? iAm whispered, suddenly worried that the poison had eaten that brain up. Are you—All at once those long, strong arms wrapped around him and jerked him off his feet.And his brother was holding hi… J. R. Ward
“ So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them. Thomas Hooker
“ Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows,' which I followed avidly as a kid. Bill Condon
“ Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person's life. Eavan Boland
“ Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things. L.M. Montgomery
“ Well everybody's got a story to tell And everybody's got a wound to be healed I want to believe there's beauty here So, I guess you're tired of holding on I can't let go, I can't move on I want to bel… Plumb
“ He wasn’t a hero. He wasn’t the man who stepped forward and saved the innocent. He was lost himself. Shadows had invaded a long time ago and stolen his life. But he would give anything he had left to… Christine Feehan
“ The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equ… James Shirley
“ Here are the shadows left behind by a thousand moments, a thousand moods, of needs traced here on the wall by men who are gone. Here is the record of their being here. Chuck Palahniuk
“ There are no shadows in the Underdark. There is no room for imagination in the Underdark. It is a place for alertness, but not aliveness, a place with no room for hopes and dreams. R.A. Salvatore
“ They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ The shadows along the streets were personal, and, every passing day, they seemed to grow longer and hungrier Katherine McIntyre
“ The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns. Victoria Kahler
“ The Cottage Diner’s homey lights glowed onto black asphalt which just sucked up the beams to spit out more shadows. Katherine McIntyre