Quotes / Dark Is Evil

The darkness contains much worse than mere trickery and boogeymen...

The Ancestor, Darkest Dungeon

The people that walked in darkness have seen a brilliant light; on those who dwelt in a land of gloom light has dawned. You have magnified that nation, have given it great joy; they have rejoiced before You as they rejoice at reaping time, as they exult when dividing spoil. For the yoke that they bore and the stick on their back— the rod of their taskmaster— You have broken as on the day of Midian.

— Isaiah, Book of Isaiah

Bad guys wear black.

— Pantera, "Cowboys From Hell"

Whoever hates his brother is in darkness;
he walks in darkness
and does not know where he is going
because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

—1 John 2:11, The Bible

"Wow, this guy [Thunderstorm] is obsessed with black."

— Socrates, Calvin & Hobbes: The Series, "Thunderstorm"

His Heart was darker than the starless night
For that there is a morn
But in this black Receptacle
Can be no Bode of Dawn.

— Emily Dickinson

"Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize your neighborhood"

—"Thriller", Michael Jackson

"They say there's no use crying over spilled ink, because everything you own is black anyway."

—Corin Deeth III, Kakos Industries

I find no truths except in darkness. The world will not interest me until all traces of light have been expunged from it forever. I act only to hasten the end of the last day.

—Filipe Toreaso Maguno of The Abyss's Children, Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Lasombra (Revised)

"I've had so many names over the years, and likely will have many more in time, but why don't you just call me Mr Dark, hmm? That's a name to fit any age, and should do splendidly, don't you think?"

— Mr Dark, Fables

There's a difference between those that feel safest in the light and those that feel safest in the dark. Which are you, Torque? In the chamber there is an intense light, everything is visible. In the control room, the lights are off: you can't see anyone, no one knows you. I like that feeling. I'm here in the basement of the lighthouse for a reason: it's the one place the beacon can't illuminate. I thrive in that darkness...

—Hermes T Haight, The Suffering

"NOW, TEN THOUSAND YEARS OF DARKNESS BEGINS!"

—Unalaq/Vaatu, The Legend of Korra, "Darkness Falls"

Ah, yes, the number one way to make something evil: make it black.

—Sylveon, Sylveon Trolls Digimon

In the ponies' culture, black foals were despised. The color black was the absence of color, a sign that the Rainbow was not with the child. To have a black body was crime enough, but to have no shred of color on your person like the black stallion was unspeakable. Such an equine was labeled a demon-foal. Most did not survive past foalhood. When they did, they were outcasts. So went the ways of the herds.

—The Black Stallion

So...sunglasses, a dark suit, and black gloves. Riiiiight... This guy might as well wear a sign on his head saying 'I AM SINISTER, BE SUSPICIOUS OF MY EVIL WAYS.'

— Estelle Bright, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Second Chapter

The Black Rider was truly black. Not black like an African. There was nothing Negroid in his features. He was a mutant. He was jet-black, everywhere, including the palms of his hands and the bottoms of his feet and both thin lips of his expressionless mouth. There were no whites to his eyes, and no iris. His eyes were entirely black, like orbs of onyx.

— Traveler #2: "Kingdom Come"

I see a red door

And I want it painted black

No colors anymore

I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by

Dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head

Until my darkness goes

—"Paint it, Black", The Rolling Stones

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