![]() “Horror is like a serpent always shedding its skin, always changing.“Would you like to see a magic trick?” - The Grabber, “The Black Phone”.“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” - Arthur Conan Doyle.“Everybody is a book of blood wherever we’re opened, we’re red.” - Clive Barker, “Books of Blood”.“Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”.“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” - Edgar Allan Poe.“I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.” - Anne Rice, “Interview with the Vampire”.“Sometimes dead is better.” - Stephen King, “Pet Sematary”.“Am I walking away from something I should be running away from?” - Shirley Jackson, “The Haunting of Hill House”.In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.” - Sue Grafton, “I is for Innocent” “Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts.“If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.“Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.” - Jeaniene Frost.“What an excellent day for an exorcism.” - Demon, “The Exorcist”.“It’s better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.” ― Josh Malerman, "Bird Box".My heart will always be with Cody, but it is time to move forward and walk towards the light.So grab a blanket and flashlight and prepare to be scared, because these scary quotes are a real scream. As much as it hurts we must push through the pain and trigger that spark of light that pushes us through life each day. If we stay in the darkness we may never get out and life will not go on. I am setting a goal in life to help others who are in their darkest moments to focus on that light. We have to carry each other in times of need. I have not reached the understanding of Cody's death, but life does go on and we have to make the best of all situations. I believe that God has a reason for everything. ![]() I know I must focus to see the light, and allow Cody's death to have a meaning of some sort. Many quotes have come to my mind as I read them, but this quote truly means the most. I have chosen to focus on the light and let go of that dark moments that has devastated our family. It has been almost 2 years now and our hearts are still filled with pain. The happy moments, not the dark moments, would be following us forever. At this moment I knew that the darkness I felt had to go and Cody would want us to focus on the light. I also saw a huge room full of people that Cody made an impact on and how many people loved him other than just our family. ![]() My little sister sang a solo for Cody and I saw so much hurt on the faces of my family, faces that I never imagined I would ever see. The day of the funeral the church was so packed. I know that God was with our family and he was the light for our family. ![]() As the days carried on we all began to feel weak. ![]() My heart was filled with so much pain and our family was devastated. As painful as it was, there were split moments where we had a little chuckle thinking about the things and impact that Cody made on our lives. I sat back and watched the true love that we had for each other. Each day, our family seemed to pull together and became closer than ever. We had many hard days ahead of us to face and the decisions to be made were so hard. Focusing to see the light surely was not in my mind. I can remember my mom storming in to the house with a cry and scream I never heard from her before. My cousin, Cody, was 20 years old and hit a tree and died on impact. I never will forget the day that our family was broken and filled with a hurt that we never thought would enter into our world. We always keep in contact daily and would say "I love you" when leaving each other. My cousins are more like my brothers and sisters. We have a large family, within our family I have a total of 8 cousins and 3 siblings. My family is filled with a lot of laughter, fun, and love. I can surely say that this quote has influenced me as I encountered the darkest moment of my life. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light" by Elizabeth - February 2014 Scholarship EssayĪristotle Onassis quoted "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light". ![]()
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