History Quotes / LightIsNOTGood

>But an angel ain't an angel\\

- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keSiOtFSNhA Halo]]

-->-- [[SheIsTheKing Nero Claudius]], ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar''

-->-- The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent narrator]] of ''[[http://gwawinapterus.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/will-o-the-wisp/ Will-o’-the-wisp]]''

->I thought [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos - you know, Michael Landon. Not dicks]].

-->-- '''Balder''', ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}''.

-->-- Journal Entry after encountering [[DeusEstMachina the Dawn Machine]], ''Videogame/SunlessSea''

->''[[MadnessMantra -E SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN TH-]]''
-->--'''Journal Entry after encountering [[DeusEstMachina the Dawn Machine]]''', ''Videogame/SunlessSea''

->''"I still remember your light / And it was streaming down / And burning out my eyes"''
-->-- '''Music/{{Voltaire}}''', ''Almost Human''

->''The dawn is your enemy''
-->-- '''Creator/{{Adult Swim}}'s sign-out bumper before the shift to Cartoon Network'''

->''"I was deceived, deceived by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent light]]."''
-->-- Balder, to Rosa, in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}''.

->''"People associated darkness with evil and light with good. Explain to me, then, why history's worst monsters all sided with the light, fighting for the radiant Sun, while the shadows were burned."''
-->-- '''Unknown, possibly a proverb.'''

->''"In hellish glare and inference\\
The other one's a duplicate\\
The queenly flux, eternal light\\
Or the light that never warms"''
-->-- '''Music/BlueOysterCult''', "Astronomy"

->''"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"''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering: Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails'', [[http://magiccards.info/chk/en/32.html Lantern Kami]]

->''"I see the light... it burns!"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->''"They warned me Satan would be attractive."''
-->-- '''Ned Flanders''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->''"[[GodIsEvil 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)''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI''

->''"In the Maelstrom, a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent trick of the light]] can feast on human flesh."''
-->-- '''Flavour text''', ''[[http://magiccards.info/arb/en/21.html Illusory Demon]]''

->''"[[OurAngelsAreDifferent I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos -- You know, Michael Landon. Not dicks]]."''
-->-- '''Dean''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}} Season 4, Episode 2, "Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester "''

->''[[LightEmUp White]], as well as [[ColorCodedWizardry every other color in Magic]], [[BlueAndOrangeMorality will do things that can be labeled both "good" and "evil,"]] and even that might not be consistent from person to person. Preservation of life is very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "good." Fascism is also very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "evil."''
-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Mark Rosewater]]''', on [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr57 white's philosophy]]

->''"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 practicing 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."''
-->-- '''[[http://thewiccanway.deviantart.com/art/White-and-black-witchcraft-165135218 This essay]]'''

->''"It is ''not'' sad." - Radiant chided the lesser angel - "It is right. Every society must have its outcasts."''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', '''[[http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/cards/6965.jpg Pariah]]'''

->''"In blackest day, in brightest night,\\
Beware your fears made into light."''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern 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."''
-->-- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', ''Sonnet 147''

->''"Those who fear darkness have never seen what the light can do."''
-->-- '''Selenia, Dark Angel''' - on the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card "Lightning Blast"

->(at ground zero of the 23-Sider unleashing its power)\\
'''Ally''': Is this holy white 'r somethin'?\\
'''Tim''': Y'ever see ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory Neverending Story]]''? Read ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''? Watch ''Series/SixFeetUnder''? Imagine a nuclear explosion? White is almost always bad!
--> -- '''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'''

->'''[[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]]''': Were you watching, King of Conquerors? That was [[KingArthur Saber]]'s light. Would you still claim [[GenderFlip her]] unworthy, having seen her brilliance?\\
'''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat''': [[HonorBeforeReason That light comes from taking the hopes and dreams of her people onto her shoulders]]. It was so dazzling that it hurt to even look...
-->-- ''LightNovel/FateZero''

->In my brightness I found contentment, and in my brightness my desire to rub my holiness in their faces grew. One foggy night, my seventh or so after being drowned, I flew up the river. I illuminated the streets, a paler, colder lamp than those lighting up the place, right in the procession to celebrate my righteous death.\\
Oh, their faces when they saw my light! They thought I was an angel, sent to congratulate that sinful maggot’s due death, to bless their hallowed night with heaven-sent radiance. Most of the clerics instantly broke in hymns and praise, except Father Trinellus, who was a bit more savvy than that, and eyed me with thinly veiled suspicion.
-->-- '''The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent narrator]]''' of ''[[http://gwawinapterus.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/will-o-the-wisp/ Will-o’-the-wisp]]''

->''"Are [[NominalHero they]] servants of God? Or are they minions of the Devil?"''

->''And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!''

->''This is the dark side of the morning\\

And hung around like the cold winter rain...''
-->-- "Dark Side of the Morning", by '''Katie Brianna'''

->''"Let there be light! Painful light!"''
-->-- '''Luminous''', ''[[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Skylanders: Trap Team]]''

->''"Unlike the riddles in this ruin's towers- light and truth do not always go hand-in-hand. As our friend [[AmbiguousGender Adrienn]] said just moments ago- things aren't that black or white. Sometimes, light can be even more blinding than darkness."''
-->-- '''Randomus''', ''VideoGame/PokemonReborn'', in regards to [[KnightTemplar El.]]


->''"Face the light, and see past its beauty. Bear witness to its cruel and fearsome alter ego."''
-->-- '''Inscription in a stone found on the first floor of the [[BrutalBonusLevel Trial of Light]]''', ''VideoGame/FantasyLife''

-->-- '''Galadriel''', ''Literature/LordOfTheRings''

->''"Unlike the riddles in this ruin's towers- light and truth do not always go hand-in-hand. As our friend [[AmbiguousGender Adrienn]] said just moments ago- things aren't that black or white. Sometimes, light can be eve more blinding than darkness."''

->''I was deceived, deceived by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent light]].''
-->-- Balder, to Rosa, in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta2}}''.

--> '''Galadriel''', ''Literature/LordOfTheRings''

->'''[[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]]''': Were you watching, King of Conquerors? That was [[KingArthur Saber]]'s light. Would you still claim [[GenderFlip her]] unworthy, having seen her brilliance?\\

'''Tim''': Y'ever see ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory Neverending Story]]''? Read ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''? Watch ''Series/SixFeetUnder''? Imagine a nuclear explosion? White is almost always bad!
--> -- '''{{Fans}}'''

-> ''The dawn is your enemy''

-> ''I was deceived, deceived by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent light]].''

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

->'''Ginko''': Aren't you afraid of losing light forever?
->'''Amane''': I am. But I'm more afraid of a world with nothing but light.

-->-- '''Flavour text''', ''[[http://magiccards.info/arb/en/21.html Illusory Demon][''

->(at ground zero of the 23-Sider unleashing its power)
->'''Ally''': Is this holy white 'r somethin'?
->'''Tim''': Y'ever see ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory Neverending Story]]''? Read ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''? Watch ''Series/SixFeetUnder''? Imagine a nuclear explosion? White is almost always bad!

->'''[[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]]''': Were you watching, King of Conquerors? That was [[KingArthur Saber]]'s light. Would you still claim [[GenderFlip her]] unworthy, having seen her brilliance?
->'''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat''': [[HonorBeforeReason That light comes from taking the hopes and dreams of her people onto her shoulders]]. It was so dazzling that it hurt to even look...

->In my brightness I found contentment, and in my brightness my desire to rub my holiness in their faces grew. One foggy night, my seventh or so after being drowned, I flew up the river. I illuminated the streets, a paler, colder lamp than those lighting up the place, right in the procession to celebrate my righteous death.
->Oh, their faces when they saw my light! They thought I was an angel, sent to congratulate that sinful maggot’s due death, to bless their hallowed night with heaven-sent radiance. Most of the clerics instantly broke in hymns and praise, except Father Trinellus, who was a bit more savvy than that, and eyed me with thinly veiled suspicion.

->''[[LightEmUp White]], as well as [[ColorCodedWizardry every other color in Magic]], will do things that can be labeled both "good" and "evil," and even that might not be consistent from person to person. Preservation of life is very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "good." Fascism is also very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "evil."''

-->-- Unknown, possibly a proverb.

-->-- ''Music/BlueOysterCult'', "Astronomy"

-->-- {{Mushishi}}, ''Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune''

-->-- Flavour text from [[http://magiccards.info/arb/en/21.html 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."''
-->-- '''Whoever''' wrote ''[[http://forum.zaister.de/viewtopic.php?id=5 this]]''

-->-- ''[[http://thewiccanway.deviantart.com/art/White-and-black-witchcraft-165135218 This essay]]''

-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/cards/6965.jpg Pariah]]

-->-- Unknown

-->-- ''Fate/Zero''

-->-- The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent narrator]] of ''[[http://gwawinapterus.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/will-o-the-wisp/ Will-o’-the-wisp]]''

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

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

-->-- '''Creator/{{Adult Swim}}'s sign-out bumper before the shift to Cartoon Network