„Defenceless under the nightOur world in stupor lies;Yet, dotted everywhere,Ironic points of lightFlash out wherever the JustExchange their messages:May I, composed like themOf Eros and of dust,Beleaguered by the sameNegation and despair,Show an affirming flame.“

— W. H. Auden

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„Man, like a light in the night, is kindled and put out.“
— Heraclitus
„On soft Spring nights I'll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There's no need to say another word.“
— Jack Kerouac
„Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.“
— Hermann Hesse
„The pictures, with their ruddy light,Are changed to dust and ashes white,And I am left alone with night.“
— Lewis Carroll