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The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general.
— Margaret Atwood
He throws out radiance, it must be reflected sun. Why isn't everyone staring?
— Margaret Atwood
It's old light, and there's not much of it. But it is enough to see by.
— Margaret Atwood
I beliebe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
— Margaret Atwood
I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
— Margaret Atwood
Now it's full night, clear, moonless and filled with stars, which are not eternal as was once thought, which are not where we think they are. If they were sounds, they would be echoes, of something that happened millions of years ago: a word made of numbers. Echoes of light, shining out of the midst of nothing. It's old light, and there's not much of it. But it's enough to see by.
— Margaret Atwood
There were places you didn't want to walk, precautions you took that had to do with locks on windows and doors, drawing the curtains, leaving on lights. These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part they did. Or something did; you could tell by the fact that you were still alive. But all of that was pertinent only in the night, and had nothing to do with the man you loved, at least in daylight.
— Margaret Atwood
Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
— Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between God and the Devil, is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to convince children that light meat tastes good.
— Brigham Young
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
— Charles Dickens
In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
— Al Gore
The thing about light is that it really isn't yours; it's what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself.
— Anne Lamott