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Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, fo

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity. – Henry Beston

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In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race — never quite sane in the night. – Mark Twain

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What I take from my nights, I add to my days. – Leon de Rotrou, “Vencelas,” translated

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