Stevie SmithInto the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do not fear the night above As I fear the friends below.
About This Quote
The poet Robert Frost wrote, “The best way to enjoy the Dark Night of the Soul is to be resigned to it.” In other words, it is better to be in the dark night than to run from it, because eventually we will all be in that dark night.
Source: Selected Poems
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