“If you have ever seen a wonderful light, you should know that this wonder was created with the help of the darkness surrounding it!”
“A day is never just a day, for despite how difficult and frequently dark they might be, some sort of blessing is set deep in each of them. And the blessing that we can hold onto every day is that the blessing set deep in us can only be held at bay for just so long.”
“God is a preexistent reality that transcends the world’s authorship, is untouched by the dictates of the world’s interpretations of Him, is invincible in the face of the most ingeniously crafted lies about Him, and exceeds the duration the existence of the world that says He doesn’t exist. And if we dared to hold all of the world’s cherished beliefs against such a penetrating truth, we will find ourselves left with nothing but this truth no matter how many times we bring the beliefs of the world against it.”
“The most vile, vulgar, and pathetic of creatures can receive this gift, if only they will get on their knees and turn to Him, hand Him the reins and let Him oust the darkness from the throne of their lives.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“He loved me as I was; He had reached into my darkness and sat with me there. He didn’t blame me for my faults or struggles. He hadn’t grown impatient with my endless cycles of failure, and He wasn’t going to. He didn’t show me this kindness because of my good qualities or characteristics, or because I had potential. He didn’t save me because of my track record, but in spite of it.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“And so the silent bell wakens to herald the Dead; and the last candle is lit against the coming night...”
Source: Vespertine
“I realized I’d been teetering on a cliff for a very long time now. I needed to find something stable to build my life on, something solid and reliable. I would need help, but after tonight, I realized I hadn’t ever been entirely alone in this battle. At first light, the moment the hue of the darkness began to lift, I forced myself to get up and take my first wobbly step towards freedom.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“Thus ages pass,
and men after men. Mourning voices
of women weeping. So the world passes;
day follows day, and the dust gathers,
his tomb crumbles, as time gnaws it,
and his kith and kindred out of ken dwindle.
So men flicker and in the mirk go out.
The world withers and wind rises;
the candles are quenched. Cold falls the night.
It's dark! It's dark, and doom is coming!
Is no light left us?”
Source: The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
“Death is for fools, azizi. Darkness is indestructible, eternal, unbounded by human boundaries.”
Source: We Hunt the Flame
“Explorers of night are emperors of the day, explorers of chaos are emperors of order.”
Source: Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect