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:
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 6:9-13.
“It wasn’t the right time for us to meet. But there’ll be other nights, other stars for us to watch. They’ll be back.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)
“Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.”
—Dorothy Day (1897–1980)