Pippa Middleton

As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would turn off all the lights in the house and let flickering candlelight conjure up scary shadows and create the effect of imaginary figures lurking in dark corners.

British Celebrity

Janine di Giovanni

I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.

American Journalist

Juno Temple

I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your lights went out, you were lit by candlelight for a good four days before they can get to you. And so, my imagination was crazy.

English Actress

Henry Rollins

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light, If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.

American Musician

Henny Youngman

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

American Comedian

Jeremy Renner

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

American Actor

Nicole Kidman

I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it.

Australian Actress

Glen Campbell

We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.

Ban Ki-moon

As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.

South Korean Leader

George Gobel

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

Candlelight often suggests a private, cozy, or romantic setting.

Intimate Atmosphere

A candlelight vigil is held to honor or remember someone, evoking solemnity.

Mournful Tribute

Candlelight ceremonies often mark significant events with a sense of tradition.

Traditional Ceremonies

 And the miners in the early part of the last century worked, literally, in candlelight. And today, you would see this inside the mine, half a mile underground. This is one of the largest underground labs in the world. And, among other things, they're looking for dark matter. There is another way to search for dark matter,

Anil Ananthaswamy: What...

 also needed to create a character that could hold up under really all conditions you needed to be able to walk in broad daylight at nighttime under candlelight he had to hold an extreme closeup he had to deliver dialogue he had to be able to run he had to be able to sweat he had to be able to take a

How Benjamin Button got...

 And we also needed to create a character that could hold up under, really, all conditions. He needed to be able to walk in broad daylight, at nighttime, under candlelight, he had to hold an extreme close-up, he had to deliver dialogue, he had to be able to run, he had to be able to sweat,

Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin...

 So he's having to arrive at two exactly matched vases of this kind. And then this question of uselessness. Well actually, the end of the trunks were originally candle holders. So what you would have had were candles on either side. Imagine that effect of candlelight on that surface.

Luke Syson: How I...

 at candlelight vigils with families who have lost loved ones to police violence. I've seen how this ethic of community organizing has been able to change arresting practices, hold individual officers accountable and allow families to feel strong and supported

Community-powered...

 In short order, books, which had been a rarity, were now becoming a widespread phenomenon. All that new reading material meant more knowledge was circulating, but it also meant that more people were straining their eyes, likely as they read by candlelight.

The story behind your...

 and resented the spirit of change which Milk personified for many. The night of Milk's murder, thousands marched by candlelight through the city. In the wake of this tragedy, yet another injustice arose. In a highly controversial verdict,

Harvey Milk's radical...

 I went to a candlelight vigil where citizens gathered together to talk about the issue of sexual violence openly, and I recorded a lot of blogs in response to how worrying the situation was in India at that point.

Meera Vijayann: Find...

 so we actually we have not we have nothing few crops can grow so high up in the mountains and getting food from other parts of nepal up to where they lived was expensive live our life under candlelight

Summiting the World’s...

 he held dinners that were scintillating he had invite but was able to invite anyone in the world and they showed he had discussions under candlelight that created our country so we took that idea