Dark Quotes - Page 166
![The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/benjamin-disraeli/the-first-favourite-was-never-heard-of-the-second-favourite-was-never-seen-after-the-distance-post-all-the-ten.jpg)
The Young Duke bk. 2, ch. 5 (1831). The Oxford English Dictionary has this as its earliest citation for the term dark horse, and Disraeli is frequently considered to be the coiner. However, an earlier usage is in the Edinburgh Advertiser, 24 Sept. 1822: "What is termed an outside or a dark horse always tells well for heavy betters."
Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.288, Faber & Faber
I never understood why Clark Kent was so hell bent on keeping Lois Lane in the dark.
Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.457, Simon and Schuster
Anne Frank (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.124, Hamilton Books
Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.143, Macmillan
Song: I Heard Love Is Blind Teo Licks, Album: Frank, 2003
Alison Deming (2016). “Stairway to Heaven: Poems”, p.10, Penguin