“Outside it was dark, but not as dark as it was inside of me.”

“I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.”

“Don't be afraid, the darkness you're in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin, I bet you've never thought of that, you carry a darkness about with you all the time and that doesn't frighten you...my dear chap, you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside”

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”

“People's lives can look so good on the outside and be so much dark shadow on the inside.”

“There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.”