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From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.