“I seemed alone with Death absolute! It was not the absence of everything I felt, but the presence of Nothing. The darkness knows neither the light nor itself; only the light knows itself and the darkness also. None but God hates evil and understand it.”
George MacDonald was a 19th-century Scottish author known for his fantasy literature and religious thought. His works had a profound influence on later writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. more
“I am always nighttime on the inside barefoot and heretic”
“Finding darkness in another story is so much less lonely than fearing the darkness is yours alone.”
“This darkness will not last forever. You'll see. Eventually, there will be stars.”
“There was darkness in my heart, and it spread like wildfire.”