Light Is Not Good/Quotes

"I still remember your light / And it was streaming down / And burning out my eyes"

—Voltaire, Almost Human

"In hellish glare and inference
The other one's a duplicate
The queenly flux, eternal light

Or the light that never warms"

—Blue Öyster Cult, "Astronomy"

Ginko: Aren't you afraid of losing light forever?

Amane: I am. But I'm more afraid of a world with nothing but light

—Mushishi, Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune

"Snuffing the light of a lantern without saying a small prayer is bad luck. Though its flame can only singe, its soul can repeatedly visit misery on one's house"

—Magic: The Gathering: Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, Lantern Kami

"I see the light... it burns!"

—Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

"They say it is a light that brings truth and love. I say it is a light that blinds us – and forces us to stumble about in ignorance."

—Altaïr's Codex (XX), Assassin's Creed

"In the Maelstrom, a trick of the light can feast on human flesh."

—Flavour text from Illusory Demon.

"One final member of Dicefreaks has added information. Alratan was the first Freak to bring up evil uses for positive energy and good uses for negative energy. While his study does not accuse Pelor of anything (or indeed, deal with Pelor at all), it does point to an alternate path of positive energy, with which Pelor is definitely associated. (Positive energy, not the alternate path) This is important because many dubious (and some slack jawed) people have pointed towards Pelor’s association with the sun and positive energy as proof of his inherent goodness."

"Fascism is also very white. Most of you would probably classify that as 'evil.'”

"White witchcraft is the one most favoured because it is seen as the 'good' version of witchcraft but this is more a fallacy because people who take to 'white' witchcraft can often do more damage to themselves and others through their practices than those who practice 'black' witchcraft. This is because white witchcraft generally does not require an individual to ask permission or inform another that they are doing a spell on behalf/to another, even practising hexing in order to do 'the greater good'. This is largely inappropriate morally and can do a lot of damage to those who find out this has happened."

—This essay

"It is not sad." - Radiant chided the angel - "It is right. Every society must have its outcasts."

—Magic: The Gathering, Pariah

"In blackest day, in brightest night,

Beware your fears made into light."—Sinestro Corps motto (first two lines)

"I don't fear what hides in the darkness. I fear what hides in the light."

—Unknown

"For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright/Who art as black as hell, as dark as night."

—William Shakespeare, Sonnet 147

"Those who fear darkness have never seen what the light can do."

—Selenia, Dark Angel - on the Magic: The Gathering card "Lightning Blast"