Splintered Quote by A.G. Howard

“Sometimes a flame must level a forest to ash before new growth can begin.”

— A.G. Howard

“I'll burn, he thought, and be scattered in ashes all over the continental lands. I'll be put to use. Just a little bit, but…

— Ray Bradbury

“And just so you know—that winter forest we walked into first? That was from Through the Looking Glass too. Hey, if you’re going to…

— Elle Lothlorien

“You will not know all about the fire simply because you asked. When she speaks of the forest this is what she is teaching…

— Katie Ford

“I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.”

— A.B. Shepherd

“Sometimes, all you can do is watch things burn, and wait for the ash to settle.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Man had discovered fire when lightning struck and set a tree or two alight, but he was clumsy and greedy and stupid and could…

— David Bowles

“Since fire's born of fire, why should we desire To gather up its scattered ash. On the appointed day we surrendered what we were…

— Yves Bonnefoy

“You haven’t had enough fires burn out on you yet. You haven’t lived among ashes.”

— K.C. Martin

“He could have set fire to it, the garden was dry enough, and burned it clean—privet, vines, and weeds; but he waited in his…

— William H. Gass

“In the winter, the snow had become glittery fairy dust that had given all the creatures of the meadow warm clothes and a fire…

— Carla Reighard

“When a forest grows too wild a purging fire is inevitable and natural...”

— Batman begins