Quotes about Night
But at night came his revelry: at night he closed his shutters, and made fast his doors, and drew forth his gold. Long ago the heap of coins had become too large for the iron pot to hold them, and he had made for them two thick leather bags, which wasted no room in their resting-place, but lent themselves flexibly to every corner. How the guineas shone as they came pouring out of the dark leather mouths!
- George Eliot
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
- Jack Kerouac
O night that joinedBeloved and loverLover into beloved transformed
- John of the Cross
The spring that brims and ripples oh I know in dark of night.
- John of the Cross
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
- Samuel Beckett
The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Mr. Sherlock Holmes...was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Sweet the coming on. Of grateful evening mild; then silent night. With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
- John Milton
When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
- John Milton
Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour friendliest to sleep and silence.
- John Milton
The star that bids the shepherd fold.
- John Milton
The starry copeOf heaven.
- John Milton