# Quote — John S. Hall, Daily Negations

> Tonight, I should watch the sun set, and think of the impending darkness as a metaphor for my wasted life: once it was bright, and full of potential, and now it is dark and hopeless and bleak. I should not make the mistake of thinking that the moon and the stars represent slim glimmers of hope, or evidence that there is light on the other side. Even if there is light somewhere I will never walk in it again.

- Author: [John S. Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall.md)
- Book: [Daily Negations](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/tonight-i-should

## More from this book

> Today, I will try to remember to regret the past. I will think of how many mistakes I have made throughout my life. I will say to myself, "If only I could go back in time and make different choices, so that my life could be the way it should have been." Then I will remind myself that I cannot.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/today-i-will.md)

> If I take things slowly today in order to appreciate life better, and if I take time to listen to the messages that life sends me, then I will have less time to do the things I need to do today. Then tomorrow I will have to do everything that much faster and I will be that much more unable to appreciate life. It is dangerous to stop and smell the roses.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/if-i-take.md)

> When my mind is operating at its peak, it should depress me to think that this is the best I can do, because it's not very good at all. When my mind is operating normally, I should be even more depressed.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/when-my-mind.md)