Dark Night of the Soul Quotes

“Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul: A sacrifice to end a life; A rescue to save a soul.

“He retrieved the words from somewhere long forgotten. They floated through the foggy recesses of his mind, plucked from the dark and released into the air like a dove.”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul: A sacrifice to end a life; A rescue to save a soul.

“You want to show me your wrath? You want to hurt me, so show me. We can take this to the bedroom if you like—the bed might be reduced to kindling, but I’m willing to take that chance. Now fight me,” he growled aloud, his obsidian eyes narrowing to angry slits. “Show me what you are becoming.”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul: A sacrifice to end a life; A rescue to save a soul.

“Somehow everything always came down to time, she realized with perfect lucidity. There was either too much or too little. It either passed too quickly or too slowly. It didn’t belong to anyone—it was simply a gift, bestowed by God, and yet eternally taken for granted. She closed her eyes for a moment, wishing Time could be tamed—reigned in—and tethered, synchronized with human needs and wants. But that wasn’t the case, was it?”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul: A sacrifice to end a life; A rescue to save a soul.

“Inside, a deep-rooted force raged, buried in her psyche from eons before, percolating with a primordial awakening that had been long forgotten, until now.”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul

“She wanted to freeze the hands of time. Wanted to revisit, revise and rewrite the past…edit out the monsters hell-bent on taking the lives of everyone she loved.”
― R. W. Patterson, Dark Night of the Soul: A sacrifice to end a life; A rescue to save a soul.