(noun) The state of being dark; lack of light. Example: "The darkness of the room made it difficult to see."
"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle."
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings -- always darker, emptier and simpler."
"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content."
"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
"The darkest night is ignorance."
"I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light."
"Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky."
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
"If people are their deepest thoughts and darkest secrets, I’m convinced that no one really knows anybody."
"I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses."