Night Vigil

Famous quotes containing the words night and/or vigil:

“by night only crazy things
like the full moon and the whippoorwill

and us, are busy.”
—Charles Olson (1910–1970)

“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)