There is something very romantic about the night – the moon overhead, the stars in the sky, quiet darkness all around you…
To celebrate it’s beauty, here’s a list of the best quotes about nighttime.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. Vincent Van Gogh
The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night. Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. Edward Plunkett
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. Elie Wiesel
The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night. Harry Crews
For the night shows stars and women in a better light. Lord Byron
I love the silent hour of night,
For blissful dreams may then arise,
Revealing to my charmed sight
What may not bless my waking eyes. Anne Brontë
Night is the other half of life, and the better half. Goethe
What a nice night for an evening. Steven Wright
I might as well open the window and kiss the night air. Franz Kafka
Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night. Haruki Murakami, After Dark
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi
I have been one acquainted with the night. Robert Frost, Acquainted with the Night
Night falling on the city
Quite something to behold
Don’t it just look so pretty
This disappearing world David Gray
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bernard Williams
What hath night to do with sleep? John Milton
Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn. Robert Brault
The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand. Frederick L. Knowles
On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldn’t. Without even noticing what you’re doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person next to you—you talk as if you have no audience but the glittering stars, far overhead. Banana Yoshimoto, Goodbye Tsugumi
Metaphor for the night sky: a trillion asterisks and no explanations. Robert Brault
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. Jorge Luis Borges
Night is good. Appearances loose their meaning and get swallowed up by darkness. Unknown
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo
For the happiest life, rigorously plan your days, leave your nights open to chance. Mignon McLaughlin
Night is the mother of thoughts. John Florio
In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories. Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. Catherine O’Hara
The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets. Poppy Z. Brite
Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. Philip K. Dick
Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it. Logan Pearsall Smith
When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene. Jane Austen
No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. Llewelyn Powys
Night always comes. Sissy Boyd
Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! Lord Byron
No one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they had plenty of sleep. Unknown
Night, a more perfect day. Arthur Symons
She danced all night and all the way home. Unknown
The night is still waiting. Dejan Stojanovic
Only night can make us whole again… Nicholas Gordon
