The day unravels what the night has woven.

Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

The great difficulty lies in trying to transpose last night’s moment to a day which has no knowledge of it.

Each night’s new terror drives away the terror of the night before.

Those who are awake have a world that is one and common, but each of those who are asleep turns aside into his own particular world.

Never greet a stranger in the night, for he may be a demon.

I proclaim night more truthful than the day.

By night an atheist half believes a God.

The law is not the same at morning and at night.

The twilight is the crack between the worlds.

To know the abyss of the darkness and not to fear it, to entrust oneself to it and whatever may arise from it—what greater gift?

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

Some nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.