Christopher Fry Quotes

An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.

Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.

What darkness to you is light to me

The light can be a curtain as well as the darkness.

Light that makes things seen, makes some things invisible.

Its when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest

It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always very happy when I can achieve that.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

It is still color, it is not yet light.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.