"A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow."
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"I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane."
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"Remember, light and shadow never stand still."
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"Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss."
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"For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Played in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go."
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"When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun."
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"God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity."
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"How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?"
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"Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves."
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"The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow."
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"If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light"
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"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow."
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"Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light."
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"Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. [Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]"
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"The world is in balance . To light a candle is to cast a shadow."
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"Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea"
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"A light here required a shadow there."
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"To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images."
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"There is someone who looks after us from behind the curtain. In truth we are not here, this is our shadow."
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"The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self."
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