Darkness Quotes

High above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging from the shrill kee, kee of the sunflower bird to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament of Poor Will, Poor Will, Poor Will.

– Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 28. The mocker is a mockingbird, standing for innocence and defenseless beings. The bluejay represents malevolent creatures that harm others. Boo Radley is a symbolic mockingbird and Bob Ewell a bluejay. The closeness of both birds in the same tree foreshadows Ewell’s attack on the children and Boo defending them.
Our deepest fear quote by Marianne Williamson In Darkness

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

– Marianne Williamson

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