Quotes about flame
flames essence light
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required. Victor Hugo
flames wings light
There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.
flames shining liberty
...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. Thomas Paine
flames shining liberty
I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.
flames light giving
The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far. Robert Schumann
flames joy sorrow
Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her Sara Teasdale
flames brave soldier
I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers. Roald Dahl
flames expectations sinking
We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke. Samuel Johnson
flames literature world
The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames. Virginia Woolf
flames gold icicles
I am volatile for one, rigid for another, angular as an icicle in silver, or voluptuous as a candle flame in gold.
flames squad giants
It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS, NO SURVIVORS!" in a manner that could only indicate deadly sincerity. It was seeing him happily burning and advancing that startled the Brute Squad to screaming. And once that happened, why, everybody panicked and ran... William Goldman
flames track mind
Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame. Thomas Gray
flames pay enthusiasm
Pay close attention to any flame of enthusiasm. Gretchen Rubin
flames water joy
Mencheres slid through the water toward her, drawn by the same inexorable compulsion that led moths to dance with flames. He'd had several lifetimes' worth of reason, cold machinations, and, ultimately, emptiness. Perhaps the moths knew what he didn't, that the joy of the flame was worth the price of destruction. Jeaniene Frost
flames fire break-out
The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later. Ernie Pyle
flames ideas inspire
Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment? Franz Schubert
flames shadow casts
The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. George R. R. Martin
flames people wish
Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me - because I recognized that, within me, there is this flame, of wishing it were better, wishing people had better lives, that there was more of an authentic sharing and harmony with nature. George Carlin
flames intensity
A flame burns brightest just before it goes out. Gene Tierney
flames two fire
Fire is fed by fire. The same small flame destroys Two stalks of wheat at once. Federico Garcia Lorca
flames yield giving
When roused to rage the maddening populace storms, their fury, like a rolling flame, bursts forth unquenchable; but give its violence ways, it spends itself, and as its force abates, learns to obey and yields it to your will. Euripides
flames guy needs
I'm into flames these days. I'm a little guy who needs to do big things.
flames soul eternity
I feel the flame of eternity in my soul. Helen Keller
flames eggshells break
What they had between them was still as fragile as flickering candle flame, as delicate as eggshell - and he knew that if it shattered, if he somehow let it break and be destroyed, something inside him would shatter too, something that could never be fixed. Cassandra Clare
flames mortality made
But it was mortality that made them what they were, the flame that blazed brighter for it's flickering
flames might sunlight
So it's true. You can walk in sunlight. I thought perhaps it might have worn off." "If I feel the urge to burst into flames, I'll let you know.
flame hand hearts immortal pull spark stern sun thrust warm work
It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men. Joyce Kilmer
flames body bigs
For she is my love, and other women are but big bodies of flame. Janet Fitch
flames cities evil
Should a person on returning from the city discover his house to be in flames, let him examine well the change which he has received from the chair-carrier before it is too late; for evil never travels alone. Ernest Bramah
flames able rooms
Tessa looked quickly to Will, but he only crossed the room as he always did to lean against the fireplace mantel. Cecily had never been able to decide if he did this because he was perpetually cold or because he thought he looked dasing standing before the leaping flames.
flames light movement
I am haunted by interrupted acts, introspective as a leper, enchanted by a repulsive clew, a gross and fugitive movement of the limbs. Is this the love that shook the lights to flame? Muriel Rukeyser
flames actors
A lot of actors flame out. George Hamilton
flames lobbyists congress
Jack Abramoff is going to testify against some of the other weasels in Congress. A lobbyist testifying against congressmen? How many Bibles are going to burst into flames in that courtroom? Jay Leno