Beauty was darkness till she came. Then paint her eyes, whose active light Shall make the former shadows bright, And with their every beam supply New day, to draw her picture by.
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Related he turns to the sunlight, And lifts her face up, She searches for the light, The ligh... ASHISH BHARDWAJ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's b... GEORGE GORDON BYRON She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until sh... HARTLEY COLERIDGE Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I see a bright portion under the overhead light that shades into darkness<... CHARLES BUKOWSKI MOM Wholeheartedly, She loved me- And inspired me- With transcending devot... GIORGE LEEDY When she comes She pulls you close She breathes in short bursts Her eyes close H... HENRY ROLLINS Thus weary of the world, away she hies, And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Soeur Marie Emelie" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are ony... CARYLL HOUSELANDER Survive ... Some women survive by creating walls, big walls guarding their heart... IJEOMA UMEBINYUO In the depth a light will grow, A silver shine no shadows know, Like wings unfolding in t... ROBERT FANNEY Her close friends have gathered. Lord, ain't it a shame Grieving together Sharing the... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Ashryver eyes met her own, and she touched the face that was the other side of her fair coin. ... SARAH J. MAAS Power Living in the earth-deposits of our history Today a backhoe divul... ADRIENNE RICH Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her ... RUPI KAUR Who shall tell the lady's grief When her Cat was past relief? Who shall number the hot tea... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI My father, father!' - she might pray to the winds; no innocence moves her judges mad for war. <... AESCHYLUS The thunder howled and the rain splashed, the leaves played with the breeze and the lightning flashe... AVIJEET DAS She had the prettiest eyes & prettiest smile with Wounds on her heart and bruis... TANYA GAMBHIR She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES At Night Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes til... SARA TEASDALE The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies,<... FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON It was a face which darkness could kill in an instant a face as easily hurt ... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI One of them has to break,” the queen said to the princess. “Only then can it begin.” SARAH J. MAAS The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the gl... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There was a deliberate voluptuousness that was both thrilling and repulsive. And as she arched... BRAM STOKER Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief,... SAROJINI NAIDU She dried her tears, and they did smile To see her cheeks’ returning glow; Nor did disce... EMILY BRONTë A poor old Widow in her weeds Sowed her garden with wild-flower seeds; Not too shallow, an... WALTER DE LA MARE Creatures of the Darkness BY VICKI JORDAN It was world of vampires and demons, wher... CHRIS COLFER She is that maze, the one you would love to chase. She is the faith, quite missing no... JASLEEN KAUR GUMBER Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over... PATTI SMITH Alex thrust her hand and half her arm into the labyrinth of light. Her stare blanked, and in t... G.S. JENNSEN I'd rather be not the light in your life The bright day might make me obscure I'd rather b... SANHITA BARUAH She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can in... ROMAN PAYNE I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is... JOYCE KILMER If she do bid me pack, I'll give her thanks As though she bid me stay by her a week. If sh... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Friend who has fired the kingfishers and flamed the dragonflies – they catch your ligh... BRYANA JOHNSON She was beauty and intelligence stitched together with no seams She lived in a world with no d... HUBERT MARTIN Hope Was but a timid friend; She sat without the grated den, Watching how my fate would te... EMILY BRONTë I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest <... JOYCE KILMER As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to ... LOUISE GLüCK I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL Hello, Darkness," Caine said. Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ... MICHAEL GRANT THIS QUOTE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR UNFORGIVEN Then she was at the bottom, in the filtered light, ... LAUREN KATE She wasn’t broken. She was made up of a thousand tiny little cracks. She was always tryi... JACQUELINE SIMON GUNN Sick of body, unable to rise up, vehemently intoxicated without wine . . . And it is as t... AL-MUTANABBī Her hands brushed Shane's, and he let go of the cards and took hold. And then somehow she... RACHEL CAINE Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fa... MADELYN ALT Images cluttered the pages, but one tattoo set her nerves on edge; inky black eyes surrounded by win... MELISSA MARR Now I can do the bolts," she slurred. "I've been trying to focus enough magic all week." The ma... EOIN COLFER What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN Mia stayed where she was, distrust plain in her eyes. "I've got tea," Mercurio sighed. "And cak... JAY KRISTOFF I watched her, waiting. She smiled. Her lips curved up and the edges, and her chocolate eyes wa... STEPHENIE MEYER Love Sorrow Love sorrow. She is yours now, and you must take care of what has... MARY OLIVER I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" CHARLES BUKOWSKI A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of... PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl TIM BURTON She was his dawn of bliss He was her dusk of wounds, Each day they came up to See a... TANYA GAMBHIR Tonight I Can Write Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for e... PABLO NERUDA He leaned forward to inspect her closer. "Is that all hair?" ... Sudden, overwhelming pan... MARISSA MEYER Duende I can't remember her name. It's not as though I've been in bed with that... JACK GILBERT The sad and solemn night hath yet her multitude of cheerful fires; The glorious host of light wal... WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT I WANT her though, to take the same from me. She touches me as if I were herself, her own. D.H. LAWRENCE KUNDALINI DANCE Dark and cold and wet were Her hands I felt Her chilly breath inside... NATAšA NUIT PANTOVIć E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply Redeeming love has been my the... C. H. (CHARLES HADDON) SPURGEON I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: "The night is full of ... PABLO NERUDA Valentine whirled. Clary, lying half-conscious in the sand, her wrists and arms a screaming agony, s... CASSANDRA CLARE The white saucer like some full moon descends At last from the clouds of the table above; ... HAROLD MONRO He started to pull away again but she called his name so he stopped. “Yeah?” “Before... KRISTEN ASHLEY From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall... J.R.R. TOLKIEN She felt like weeping. She didn't know why at first, but then it hit her. He knew her. DENNIS LEHANE Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman who fears the Lord, She shall be praised.<... ANONYMOUS she is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sittin... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Very well." "Say it." "Say what?" "Say my name. Say, 'Very well, Dorian.'" She r... SARAH J. MAAS Saturated Arrogance ...she rebuked those about her in darkness did she dwell a ... MUSE An angel for some, a demon for some, for me, it’s heart of the one. Never want to h... ABHISHEK KUMAR SINGH I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the... LISA KLEYPAS She was a young thing, a child really, full of hope and light, who’s only friends were the shadows... LEXIE SYRAH MY MOTHER GETS DRESSED It is impossible for my mother to do even the simplest... DAPHNE GOTTLIEB When her guests were awash with champagne and with gin, She was recklessly sober, as sharp as a ... WILLIAM PLOMER Her eyes bled from venomous anger... Her flower had been gruesomely deflowered... Her life... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE What do you want to show me?" "Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi... RAINBOW ROWELL She said she collects pieces of sky, cuts holes out of it with silver scissors, bits of heaven she c... LISA ZARAN Each day before the end of eve she sought her lover, nor would him leave, until the stars ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered an... PABLO NERUDA Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She... A.A. MILNE She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead... KRISTEN ASHLEY No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No ti... W.H. DAVIES She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful... GEORGE ORWELL To four years until freedom," she said lifting her glass. He raised his in salute. "To yo... SARAH J. MAAS Okay, that really shouldn't have happened. And we’re not going to talk about that, right? Ever?”... RACHEL CAINE from Out of the Darkness (book 2): Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was sti... JAIME RUSH In trials of ir'n and silver fain “The dead will rise and walk again “The blesséd few... NENIA CAMPBELL It’s not her shape, her face, or her hair that makes her beautiful. Neither is it t... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY Lark’s Song That child who from Diana’s thought is born A huntress swift, who do... D. ALEXANDER NEILL I caught a red bird once, I fell in love with her, Took the red bird home with me, I... QUETZAL The maiden with her wheel of old Sat by the fire to spin, While lightly through her carefu... MADELINE S. BRIDGES
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JOHN SHIRLEY By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to... SHIRLEY TEMPLE Not only am I literally and figuratively the dark horse, I'm actually the poor horse. The only t... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have pe... SHIRLEY MANSON For me, the safest place is out on a limb SHIRLEY MACLAINE My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Good luck needs no explanation. SHIRLEY TEMPLE At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anyw... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Among Republicans, there is universal outrage that Gore and the Democrats won't accept the results o... CRAIG SHIRLEY Right now you could flip a 12-sided coin and come up with the nominee. CRAIG SHIRLEY Images have a unique power to impart that which is beyond words. WILLIAM SHIRLEY I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. SHIRLEY MANSON When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, y... SHIRLEY TEMPLE [The lunch also brought the elusive Allen Franklin, retired Southern Co. CEO, back to the city from ... SHIRLEY FRANKLIN At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than ... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What ... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM The natural condition of the modern conservative movement is to always be in a state of revolution. ... CRAIG SHIRLEY We-Lyn Shaw, Norgie Hester and myself-went to see the inauguration the year George Bush was sworn in... SHIRLEY LEINWAND "I call attention to the dark side maybe a little bit for mutual catharsis but also to try to paint ... JOHN SHIRLEY I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I ... JOHN SHIRLEY I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images. JOHN SHIRLEY Bob [Sachs] is not the only client who wants a more finished look. People from out of state still se... JOHN SHIRLEY I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not rea... JOHN SHIRLEY Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. JOHN SHIRLEY I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international r... SHIRLEY TEMPLE You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress ... SHIRLEY HUFSTEDDLER Albertans are reaping the rewards of the decisions that they stood behind a dozen years ago. SHIRLEY MCCLELLAN I think male actors get confused by their own vanity. SHIRLEY MACLAINE Life's too short to stuff a mushroom. SHIRLEY CONRAN Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is. SHIRLEY MACLAINE