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“Slowly gently night creeps up on you, more gentle than light, it helps you realize how much the light hinders you. In the darkness your senses learn when they should quit – in the embrace of the dark everything becomes what it really is. People fear the dark but unlike the light it does not lie to you. In the dark you can go where you long to be.”

Book:Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

This book is a compilation of short fiction works that delve into a range of topics and disturbances, offering readers a diverse array of narratives and perspectives. more

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman, born on November 10, 1960, is a renowned British author. His works span across various genres including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, with notable titles such as 'American Gods' and 'Good Omens'. Gaiman's writing style is distinctive and has won him a dedicated fan base. more

“He lived then before me, he lived as much as he had ever lived---a shadow insatiable of splendid appearances, of frightful realities, a shadow darker than the shadow of the night, and draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence. The vision seemed to enter the house with me---the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshipers, the gloom of the forests, the glitter of the reach between the murky bends, the beat of the drum regular and muffled like the beating of a heart, the heart of a conquering darkness.”

Life Heart Death Darkness Worship Forests Funeral Glitter Heart Of Darkness Conquering Descriptions Murky

Author:Joseph Conrad

“These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.”

Light Darkness Woods

Book:A Dance with Dragons

Source: A Dance with Dragons

“Darkness swallows everything, even pain. That’s what makes it so tempting. Comforting. It disguises weakness as strength.”

Pain Darkness Weakness Tempting

Book:Dark Oracle

Source: Dark Oracle

“Darkness will come knocking. It will offer everything you never had. But its gift is just a cheap knockoff of something it cannot be. Never accept the hand of the Beast.”