Dark Night Quotes

“imagine the desert
mothers, with hair tangled
tighter than their theology
and breasts that flowed milk
and mystic wisdom. they
knew how to draw the singing
sigils in the sand, how to dig
rough and bitten fingers
into desiccated dirt for water
to wet the lips of their young.

women of hips and heft, who
learned how to burn
beneath the wild and searing
sun, who made loud love
against the star-flecked threat
of night, who knew that strength
is not always a matter of muscle.

imagine your ancestresses,
the prophetesses of the arid
lands, before these starched
traditions and pews too hard
to pray from, who bled true
ritual and birthed their own fierce
souls at creation's crowning --”
― Beth Morey, Night Cycles: Poetry for a Dark Night of the Soul

“After every dark night comes a glorious morning of a new day”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The darkest night in someone's life may be the brightest day in another person's life. Life rests on perceptions and conceptions or missed perceptions and misconceptions. You can choose to make good things out of every challenging circumstance. In contrast, you can also choose to see nothing in a creative opportunity.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“It's true. I've seen it when the crescent moon shone bright on a cold, dark night. The darker the night, the brighter God's smile.”
― Anusha Atukorala

“Thus bound together, they sheltered the child from the cold, dark night, enveloping him in warmth.”
― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“There is another reason also why the soul has traveled safely in this obscurity; it has suffered: for the way of suffering is safer, and also more profitable, than that of rejoicing and of action. In suffering God gives strength, but in action and in joy the soul does but show its own weakness and imperfections. And in suffering, the soul practices and acquires virtue, and becomes pure, wiser, and more cautious.”
― Saint John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul

“Sometimes life will tear your house apart so you can see the cracks in the foundation.”
― Vanessa Ooms, Do It For You: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Find Peace

“Exterior: the jungle. Interior: Dark night of the white man’s soul.”
― Andrew Durbin, Mature Themes

“Besides, when it came to being colorful...we invisible kids learned to carry our colors on the inside”
― Paul Dini, Dark Night: A True Batman Story

“Outside, I shivered in a landscape of greys and silvers, the stone walls and cobbles looming pale in the wintry air. The only true color was an amber penumbra shimmering around the moon. Beyond the silvered slope of overgrown lawn, the mass of black trees moved to and fro in the breeze, with a strange undulation like waving sea fronds.”
― Martine Bailey, A Taste for Nightshade

“No matter how dark the night is, the sun will still rise in the morning with lights of love, warmth, and compassion.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Adjusting her red gown
she stared at the ceiling
with tears flowing down
her face, the white bed sheet
soon turned to red
with the drops of her wild
blood dripping down
her legs
- The dark nights (marital rape)”
― Jyoti Patel, ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS

“The truth is, I liked being alone. I craved that time to
wander through the endless maze of my own thoughts and daydreams. I made peace with myself long ago. I wanted nothing more. I felt complete and was content—at least until I became aware of the existence of the dark night.”
― Dark Night Beacon