Candle Quotes

631 Candle quotes by 469 unique authors

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle. — Fannie Flagg
To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Many years have passed since that night. The wall of the staircase up which I had watched the light of his candle gradually climb was… — Marcel Proust
Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn… — Lauren Oliver
i sometimes felt as if these marks on my body were a kind of code, which blossomed, then faded, like invisible ink held to a… — Margaret Atwood
The soul is a verb." He impales a lit candle on a spike. "Not a noun. — David Mitchell
A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor) — Edgar Allan Poe
He had grieved for me, I'll give him that much. But then he is so good at grieving! He wears woe as others wear velvet;… — Anne Rice
A stray fact: insects are not drawn to candle flames, they are drawn to the light on the far side of the flame, they go… — Michael Cunningham
I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and… — Sylvia Plath
Even this late it happens the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars… — Mark Strand
How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and… — Mira Grant
[Crisco] ain't just for frying. You ever get a sticky something stuck in your hair,like gum?...That's right, Crisco. Spread this on a baby's bottom, you… — Kathryn Stockett
When the sun has set, no candle can replace it. — George R. R. Martin
Why do men think you can pick love up and re-light it like a candle? Women know when love is over. — Dylan Thomas
There where hundreds of graves. There where hundreds of women. There were hundreds of daughters. There were hundreds of sons. And hundreds upon hundreds upon… — Ray Bradbury
...wings—-vast shimmering wings, their reach so great they swept the walls on either side of the alley, each feather like the wind-tugged lick of a… — Laini Taylor
Great seas," he said. "What do you want?" He held the candle up to her face. "Po, what do you want?" "She did a far… — Kristin Cashore
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. — Unknown Author
Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of… — William Butler Yeats
I found the candles—atrocious air freshening ones that smelled like fake pine. — Richelle Mead
He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. “I miss you,” Isobel says as… — Erin Morgenstern
I found Esau’s field guide at the bottom of my pack. Taking a candle into the bedroom, I read his book until my eyes grew… — Maria V. Snyder
Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle — Unknown Author
I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world is turning into… — Charles de Lint

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