Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights.”
- Source
- Dracula
- Date
- 1897
Meaning of “There are darknesses in life, and there are…”
Van Helsing praises Mina as a source of truth, help and moral steadiness during a frightening period, contrasting her contribution with the surrounding darkness.
Where does it come from?
Dracula, Chapter XIV, Mina Harker’s journal entry for 25 September, Project Gutenberg #345. Professor Van Helsing tells Mina, “There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights,” while thanking her for the records assisting his investigation. It is fictional praise by Van Helsing within the novel.