“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.”
Louis Aragon
“If a ragnarök would burn all the slums and gas-works, and shabby garages, and long arc-lit suburbs, it could for me burn all the works of art — and I'd go back to trees..”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“The sun was like a huge 50-cent piece that someone had poured kerosene on and then had lit with a match, and said, "Here, hold this while I go get a newspaper," and put the coin in my hand, but never came back.”
Richard Brautigan
“The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime”
Edward Grey
“Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.”
William Rose Benet
“An able practitioner of glitz lit.”
R. Z. Sheppard
“Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.”
Brian Graham
