Mervyn Peake Quotes about Moon

The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world, when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been

The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world, when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been waiting for her cue, sailed up the night.

Mervyn Peake

Moon, Night, Light

Mervyn Peake (2008). “Titus Alone”, p.17, The Overlook Press

The moon slid inexorably into its zenith, the shadows shrivelling to the feet of all that cast them, and as Rantel approached the hollow at the hem of the Twisted Woods he was treading in a pool of his own midnight.

Mervyn Peake

Moon, Feet, Shadow

Mervyn Peake (1995). “The Gormenghast Novels”, Overlook Books