Shades Of Light

"When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow."

   - Ursula K. Le Guin

"There are two ways of spreading light.

             To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

       - Edith Wharton

"The darkness is like a black canvas punctured by a blunt knife,
  With beams of light peeking through."
                                    - Tahereh Mafi

“It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.” 

     - Anthony Liccione 

"Remember," she whispered, "it's only when the night is darkest that you can see the light of the stars."

 - Elizabeth Hunter

“Ring the bells that still can ring
 Forget your perfect offering.
 There is a crack in everything,
 That's how the light gets in."

                                      - Leonard Cohen