ruined chimneys rose above masses of broken bricks

When you need to build a wall, a couple of broken bricks would not bother you.

— Mak_786

“If you come by my place, you might see a wheelbarrow full of broken bricks. I broke them with my fist. I was practicing…

— Jarod Kintz

The Nature of Humanity: Humans would not bother to replace in a wall broken bricks, but would definitely complain

— Mak_786

Let's Know: Nature of humanity: Humans wouldn't bother emplacement on the wall broken bricks ,But certainly take on the need

— Mak_786

Nature of humanity: Humans wouldn't bother emplacement on the wall broken bricks ,But certainly take on the need.

— Mak_786

A cold blast hit him and he laughed at the sting as he stepped outside, surveyed the night sky, and drank deeply. Such a…

— J.R. Ward

One sparrow is worth a thousand gulls, When it sings. The gull sits on chimney-tops. He mocks the guinea, challenges The crow, inciting various…

— Wallace Stevens

P.S. If it's not a secret, will you tell me how you got my dollhouse inside our living room last Christmas? I know its…

— Joanne Fluke

By the year 1670, wooden chimneys and log houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of two stories,…

— Alice Morse Earle

Been having a fight with your blankets, Septimus?" A familiar voice echoed down the chimney. "Looks like you lost," the voice continued with a…

— Angie Sage

Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two…

— Alan Sillitoe

We are constituted a good deal like chickens, which, taken from the hen, and put in a basket of cotton in the chimney-corner, willoften…

— Henry David Thoreau

Its tall chimneys throw up black smoke, impregnating everything with soot, and the miners' faces as they traveled the streets were also imbued with…

— Anonymous

Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their…

— James Russell Lowell

I'd like to start with the chimney jokes - I've got a stack of them. The first one is on the house.

— Tim Vine