The darkness was so profound, that looking into it was painful and oppressive.
Background. "The darkness was so profound, that looking into it was painful and oppressive." is a quotation from The Wreck of the Golden Mary. The Wreck of the Golden Mary was a short story by the Victorian author Charles Dickens about a terrifying ordeal of the passengers when the ship Golden Mary collides with an iceberg. Context. This quotation is taken from the following passage in The Wreck of the Golden Mary: I had thought it impossible that it could be [...]