#Dark

"Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness."

"But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it."

"The brightest light casts the darkest shadow."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

"I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value."

"Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor."

"The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people."

"Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke."

"I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus."

"I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is 'Harold and Maude.'"

"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."

"Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"I have a very dark sense of humor."

"If I knew everything, life would be lonely, as everyone else would want to explore the world, and I’d be content with a cat on my lap sitting in the dark."

"Through the darkest hours of the nightand through the dreamers realm I seek,Far beyond the starry skyand beyond galaxies I am free.Through the grimmest memoriesand past a seasons air I cannot breathe,Far beyond this mortal worldin an afterlife we shall meet."

"We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world."

"Quiet people have the loudest minds."

"The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above."