A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes…

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust…

— Anonymous

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

— Umberto Eco

Distance does to love what wind does to fire... Extinguishes the weak and feeds the strong.

— Anonymous

Distance is to love what wind is to fire, Extinguishes the small, but ignites the great.

— Anonymous

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Distance does to love what wind does to fire, extinguishes the weak and fuels the strong.

— Anonymous

Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great

— Roger De Bussy-Rabutin

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”

— Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

— Hannah More

Distance is to love like wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small and kindles the great!

— Sahleenzkie

Absence in love is like water on fire, a little quickens, but much extinguishes

— Hannah Moore

The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through…

— Stephen Covey

A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as…

— Theodore Dreiser

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

— Nadine Gordimer