Night Vigil

Famous quotes containing the words night and/or vigil:

“Because all night you have not turned to us or spoken
It is time for you to wake;”
—Charlotte Mew (1870–1928)

“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)