If two lives join, there is oft a scar. They are one and one, with a shadowy third; One near one is too far.
Robert BrowningRead
O never star Was lost; here We all aspire to heaven and there is heaven Above us. If I stoop Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud, It is but for a time; I press God's lamp Close to my breast; its splendor soon or late Will pierce the gloom. I shall emerge some day.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the eternal presence of hope and the belief in personal resilience amidst darkness.
Robert Browning’s quote speaks to the unyielding nature of hope and aspiration. He suggests that no matter how lost one may feel or how dark the circumstances, there is always a light – symbolized by God's lamp – that will eventually break through. The struggle within dark times is temporary, and the promise of emerging into the light serves as an affirming belief that one can overcome challenges and find clarity again.
Themes
HopeResilienceLightDarknessAspiration
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire someone going through a tough time to hold on to hope.
More from Robert Browning
All quotes →Tis Man's to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason.
Robert BrowningRead
I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds_x000D_ _x000D_ All the world's loves in its unworldliness.
Robert BrowningRead
I dare not so honor my mere wishes and prayers as to put them for a moment beside your noble acts; but this know, I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as pain goes, than have a single dog or cat tortured on the pretence of sparing me a twinge or two.
Robert BrowningRead
How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark Autumn evenings come, And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue? With the music of all thy voices, dumb In life’s November too! I shall be found by the fire, suppose, O’er a great wise book as beseemeth age, While the shutters flap as the cross-wind blows, And I turn the page, and I turn the page, Not verse now, only prose!
Robert BrowningRead
How good is life, the mere living!
Robert BrowningRead
Similar quotes
Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
Walt WhitmanRead
Everybody knows by now that there's a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I'm encouraging anybody who's ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in them.
Bob DylanRead
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.
E. B. WhiteRead
When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration.
Lenny KravitzRead
In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.
Alan CohenRead
Don't hide yourself in regret, _x000D_ Just love yourself and you're set _x000D_ I'm on the right track, baby _x000D_ I was born this way
Lady GagaRead