Time of Day
- Sunset or sundown, the daily disappearance of the Sun below the western half of the horizon
- Twilight, a time of day when the Sun is just below the horizon and the Earth is illuminated indirectly by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere
- Dusk, the darkest stage of twilight in the evening
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Famous quotes containing the words time of, time and/or day:
“Now it is the time of night
That the graves, all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite
In the church-way paths to glide.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they’ve had since time began.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)
“Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)