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“In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.”

World Made Lost Childhood Hero Sorrow Shadow Ancient Betrayed Boyhood Lost Boys

Author:George William Russell

“This is not to say that joy is a compensation for loss, but that each of them, joy and loss, exists in its own right and must be recognised for what it is ... So joy can be joy and sorrow can be sorrow, with neither of them casting either light or shadow on the other.”

Light Joy Loss Sorrow Shadow Casting Compensation Joys And Sorrows

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“The dark in soul see in the universe their own shadow; the shattered spirit can only reflect external beauty in form as untrue and broken as itself.”

Soul Form Spirit Universe Dark Broken Sorrow Shadow Shattered Untrue External Beauty

Book:Is it Possible to Make the Best of Both Worlds?: A Book for Young Men

Source: Is it Possible to Make the Best of Both Worlds?: A Book for Young Men

“If I were poet now, I would not resist the temptation to trace my life back through the delicate shadows of my childhood to the precious and sheltered sources of my earliest memories. But these possessions are far too dear and sacred for the person I now am to spoil for myself. All there is to say of my childhood is that it was good and happy. I was given the freedom to discover my own inclinations and talents, to fashion my inmost pleasures and sorrows myself and to regard the future not as an alien higher power but as the hope and product of my own strength.”

“Whenever I'd feel angry or sad, I'd keep it to myself. I didn't want to upset or burden anyone with my problems. No wonder I felt lonely and isolated in my relationships, since I never allowed anyone to get to know the full me with all the shadows and sorrows.”

Knows Want Feels Problem Felt Wonder Sorrow Shadow Lonely Angry Burden Upset Isolated

Author:Doreen Virtue

“The bride and groom-May their joys be as bright as the morning, and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.”

Love May Joy Marriage Morning Sorrow Shadow Fades Sunlight Brides Bride And Groom

Author:Minna Antrim

“The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is explosion of intelligence.”

Love Life Truth Meditation Movement Ignorance Sorrow Shadow Ecstasy Explosions

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“When You Are Old" WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.”

Men Looks Littles Book Soul Moments Dream Eye Faces Stars Sleep Fire Grace Sorrow Mountain Shadow Crowds Glad Bars One Man Grey Glowing Pilgrim Overhead Bending Nodding Bending Down

Author:William Butler Yeats

“I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness.”

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Author:Jacqueline Carey

“Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien”

Stills Light Joy Darkness Sorrow Shadow Fairs Ears Endure Tales Ruins Weeping Shadow Of Death Silmarillion

Book:The Silmarillion

Source: The Silmarillion

“Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows Follow sweet children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and the Sorrows Weep not poor childlen for life is this way murdering beauty and Passions Hush now dear children it must be this way to weary of life and Deceptions Rest now my children for soon we'll away into the calm and the Quiet Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows”

Way Children Littles Play Shows Pain Life Is Passion Poor Land Sweet Sorrow Quiet Shadow Garden Calm Dear Thee Deception My Children Weary Enchantment Hush Sweet Child

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done.”

Done Memories Sun Sweet Sorrow Shadow Clouds Storm Trials Dawn Grieving Twilight Rainbow Parting Storm Clouds Rosebuds Sweet Memories

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are responsible for the homes we build. We must build wisely, for eternity is not a short voyage. There will be calm and wind, sunlight and shadows, joy and sorrow. But if we really try, our home can be a bit of heaven here on earth. The thoughts we think, the deeds we do, the lives we live not only influence the success of our earthly journey, they also mark the way to our eternal goals.”

“There was no gleam, no shadow, for the heavens, too, were one still, pale cloud; no sound or motion in anything but the dark river that flowed and moaned like an unresting sorrow.”

Stills Heaven Sound Dark Sorrow Shadow Rivers Clouds Pale Gleam

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot