--- title: "13 Burn House Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Burn House quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Burn House sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jana-deleon-23199_quote_i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-r_1721776.jpg" --- > [“I will never understand a desire for a reckoning so strong that you burn down your own house to get it,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jana-deleon/i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-reckoning-so-strong-that-you/) [Jana Deleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jana-deleon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jana-deleon-23199_quote_i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-r_1721776.jpg) > [We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to-kill-the-rats/) [Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/herbert-hoover-1115_house_we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to_1777767.jpg) > [Love is fire. But whether it's gonna warm your heart or burn your house down you can never tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-fire-but-whether-it-s-gonna-warm-your-heart-or-burn-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/anonymous-1_love_love-is-fire-but-whether-it-s-gonna-warm_1638057.jpg) > [It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bacon/it-is-easier-for-a-man-to-burn-down-his-own-house-than-to-get-rid-of/) [Roger Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/roger-bacon-15067_easier_it-is-easier-for-a-man-to-burn-down-his_848157.jpg) > [“If she tried to leave without him he would burn her house down, plain and simple.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-mathewson/if-she-tried-to-leave-without-him-he-would-burn-her-house-down-plain/) [R.L. Mathewson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-mathewson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/r-l-mathewson-3630_guys_if-she-tried-to-leave-without-him-he-wou_896307.jpg) > [Love is fire, but whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-fire-but-whether-it-is-going-to-warm-your-heart-or-burn-down/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/anonymous-1_love_love-is-fire-but-whether-it-is-going-to_1872830.jpg) > [I'm not senile," I snapped. "If I burn the house down it will be on purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-m-not-senile-i-snapped-if-i-burn-the-house-down-it-will-be-on/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/margaret-atwood-40_house_i-m-not-senile-i-snapped-if-i-burn-the-h_2919531.jpg) > [I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/i-ve-burned-my-own-house-down-the-torch-is-in-my-hand-now-i-ll-burn/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_burned_i-ve-burned-my-own-house-down-the-torch_1937026.png) > [If you want to hurt me, fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I am sleeping. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-harper/if-you-want-to-hurt-me-fine-take-my-books-burn-down-my-house-shave-my/) [Molly Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/molly-harper-2053_book_if-you-want-to-hurt-me-fine-take-my-book_70296.png) > [“and what sunshine are you going to bring into our lives today? Shall we poison the well or burn the house down?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/and-what-sunshine-are-you-going-to-bring-into-our-lives-today-shall/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/kurt-vonnegut-41_poison_and-what-sunshine-are-you-going-to-bring_764347.jpg) > [What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/what-is-more-useful-than-fire-yet-if-any-one-prepares-to-burn-a-house/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/ovid-276_arms_what-is-more-useful-than-fire-yet-if-any_2138534.png) > [“Win," Leo said, "you'll burn the house down, just after it's been rebuilt. Give me the bloody matchbox." She shook her head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/win-leo-said-you-ll-burn-the-house-down-just-after-it-s-been-rebuilt/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/lisa-kleypas-111_seduce-me-at-sunrise_win-leo-said-you-ll-burn-the-house-down_3137767.png) > [“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/o-burn-the-house-you-ve-murdered-the-husband-slaughtered-the-cattle/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/edward-bond-13025_children_o-burn-the-house-you-ve-murdered-the-hus_591769.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burn-house/#itemlist", "name": "Burn House Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I will never understand a desire for a reckoning so strong that you burn down your own house to get it,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jana Deleon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jana-deleon/i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-reckoning-so-strong-that-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jana-deleon-23199_quote_i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-r_1721776.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jana-deleon-23199_quote_i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-r_1721776.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jana-deleon-23199_quote_i-will-never-understand-a-desire-for-a-r_1721776.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I will never understand a desire for a reckoning so strong that you burn down your own house to get it,” — Jana Deleon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herbert Hoover" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to-kill-the-rats/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/herbert-hoover-1115_house_we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to_1777767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/herbert-hoover-1115_house_we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to_1777767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/herbert-hoover-1115_house_we-do-not-need-to-burn-down-the-house-to_1777767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats” — Herbert Hoover", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is fire. 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