Ashes Quotes

540 quotes by 408 authors

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon… — H. L. Mencken
Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place. — Paul de Man
Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always… — Wole Soyinka
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and… — Jack London
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. — Marcus Valerius Martial
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. — Marcus Valerius Martial
Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost. — Mary Beth Whitehead
From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic. — Frances O'Grady
You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes the sapphire from a child's eyes. Dark time, who has… — Neil Gaiman
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved… — Bible
Who knows how to make love stay? Tell love you are going to the Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to pick up a… — Tom Robbins
I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their… — Oscar Wilde
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who… — Anatole France
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. — Bible
First, the baby loves mother's milk; second, he learns of his mother and father; third, his brothers, sisters and aunts; fourth, the love of play… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib
LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he… — Ambrose Bierce
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the… — Frank Tebbets
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with Life has taught us that love does not… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man… — Thomas Babington
Even if I use sweet phrases in this description, I cannot even be sure that what I write here is true, precisely because I do… — Sorin Cerin

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