Then they started a fire And I burnt to ashes

“She was delighted to meet her old self when the wind unexpectedly blew in her direction. The remains of whom she had burnt to…

— Henna Sohail

Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!

— Joan of Arc

“Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Billy, in one of his nice new sashes, Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes; Now, although the room grows chilly, I…

— Harry Graham

I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.

— Antonio Machado

“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhii jal gayaa hoga, Kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai? [justajuu : desire] The fire (of love)…

— Hasan Suhail Siddiqui

“A burnt broom that has had enough, and refuses to burn further...”

— Gregory Maguire

“None of these is in line with your original ideal of using the alien civilization as a way to reform humanity. YE: I started…

— Liu Cixin

A burnt dog dreads the fire.

— Willa Cather

It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.

— Margaret Atwood

You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if…

— Pablo Neruda

“We burnt the salt and the herbs (in America it is correct to drop the h in herbs---it does sound odd.)”

— Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle

It was love at first sight. Until reality struck like lightning and burnt up everything leaving me with nothing but scars.

— Anonymous

“You tried to so hard to forget me; you burnt the letters I made. Though my memory has been dying, I hope the feeling…

— Joshua James

“Nothing. Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold…

— Cormac McCarthy