Charred Quotes
31 quotes by 30 authors
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Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches, And seeing theirs,…
— Kathleen Raine
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In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.
— Zygmunt Bauman
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There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s campaign among the…
— Mark Twain
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I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and leaves me bare…
— Emily Dickinson
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Gigantic second and third growth trees are found in the redwoods, forming magnificent temple-like circles around charred ruins more than a thousand years old.
— John Muir
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My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred…
— Jamie Oliver
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I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so…
— Jill Scott
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The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes…
— Lorrie Moore
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Years later he'd stood in the charred ruins of a library where blackened books lay in pools of water. Shelves tipped over. Some rage at…
— Cormac McCarthy
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Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.…
— Agatha Christie
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Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when…
— Arundhati Roy
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Pain! Deep, tearing, throbbing, needle-sharp, hammer-blunt pain – ripping through his body and through his mind, twisting deep in his guts and slicing at his…
— Stuart Hill
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Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would…
— Libba Bray
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...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just the basic human…
— Jonathan Tropper
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I dore not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief, bitter bliss, one hath for a…
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched…
— Lauren DeStefano
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The fire you rubbed left its brand on the most vulnerable, most vicious and tender point of my body. Now I have to pay for…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite -…
— Henry David Thoreau
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It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life.…
— Elie Wiesel
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