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Shade Quotes

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Phillis Wheatley (1838). “Poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Native African and a Slave”, p.55, Applewood Books

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

"Fictional character: Holly Golightly". Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961.

To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades.

Alexander Pope (1751). “The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. Publ. by mr. Warburton. With occasional notes”, p.204

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

"John le Carré at the NFT". Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

"Laura Mvula on why she, like many black women, shaves her head". Interview with Anita Bhagwandas, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2013.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.240

There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured by them and masked by his own nakedness.

Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.323, Vintage