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1 " I wish I’d known those words on the day I watched those German troops land, plane-load after plane-load of them—and come off ships down in the harbor! All I could think of was damn them, damn them, over and over. If I could have thought the words " the bright day is done and we are for the dark," I’d have been consoled somehow and ready to go out and contend with circumstance—instead of my heart sinking to my shoes. "
2 " Do you know what sentence of his (Wordsworth) I admire the most? It is " The bright day is done, and we are for the dark." I wish I'd known those words on the day I watched those German troops land, plane-load after plane-load of them--and come off ships down in the harbor! All I could think of was damn them, damn them, over and over. If I could have thought the words “the bright day is done and we are for the dark,” I’d have been consoled somehow and ready to go out and contend with circumstance—instead of my heart sinking to my shoes. "
3 " Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the Dark. (Act 5, Scene 2) "
― William Shakespeare , Antony and Cleopatra
4 " The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. "
― Martin Luther King Jr. , I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
