[I]t seemed as if the streets were absorbed by the sky, and the night were all in the air. – Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. – Vincent Van Gogh

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. – Llewelyn Powys, quoted in Highs by Alex J. Packer

For the night shows stars and women in a better light. – Lord Byron, Don Juan