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The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

-- Anna Letitia Barbauld

Because the night was meant for lovers. Because the night was meant for us.

-- Patti Smith

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

-- Mark Twain

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

-- Og Mandino

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

-- Coco Chanel

Women who wear black live colourful lives.

-- Neiman Marcus

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

-- Ann Demeulemeester

There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

 -- Georgia O’Keeffe

I’ve been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colours was black.

-- Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Jeff S. PhotoArt at HDCanvas.ca. Galaxy Above Castle Glen.
2. Image: by Nick Ares. Midnight Sun.
3. Image: by Justin Kern. Pre-Dawn Fog, Mount Rainier National Park.
4. Image: Courtesy of NASA. The Dark Side of the Moon.
5. Image: by Emilio Küffer. Centro Galáctico? Hacia allá.
6. Image: by Alex Krauss. Black and White Skirt with Dots.
7. Image: by Alex Krauss. Drops.
8. Image: by José María Pérez Nuñez. ¿Cuándo despertaré?
9. Image: Courtesy of Wikiart. By: Georgia O’Keeffe. Black Iris.
10. Image: Courtesy of The Guggenheim. By: Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Woman with Parrot.
11. Image: by Alex Krauss. Night Sky.
12. Image: by Andrés Gallardo Albajar. URBAN GEOMETRY // TALLINN (II).
13. Image: by BN App - Download now!
14. Image: by Sheyda Allahverdiyeva. Qarabala.