Darker

Famous quotes containing the word darker:

“I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes.
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.”
—Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

“Dark
days are past
and darker days draw near;
darkness on this side,
darkness over there
threatens the spirit.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee,
While the world’s tide is bearing me along;
Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me,
Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)