“I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.”
“There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.”
“I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and loveless. Others, of the simplest field flowers, with hearts full of dew and with all the tints of celestial beauty reflected in their modest petals.”
“When I was young, I was dazzled by all the things life could offer me. I thought I was capable of achieving all of them.”
“He saw light, dazzling, blinding, and it scared him.”