Charred Quotes
31 quotes by 30 authors
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Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact design of my…
— Suzanne Collins
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In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will…
— William L. Shirer
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We took a right at the fork, heading farther north. The charred houses continued. To the right, a large sign nailed to an old telephone…
— Ilona Andrews
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[Piper] rushed to get dressed. By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who…
— Rick Riordan
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Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones…
— Anne Lamott
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Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will be charred: she…
— RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa
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I am growing stronger. I am a stone being excavated by the slow passage of water; I am wood charred by a fire.
— Lauren Oliver
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It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the…
— Mohsin Hamid
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His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.
— Marisha Pessl
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When we burn bridges, there's nothing left behind except for the smoky smell of pride, and the charred memory of our error.
— Joseph Crompton
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This burnt land was an exceedingly wild and desolateregion. Judging by the weeds and sprouts, it appeared to have been burnt about two years before.…
— Henry David Thoreau
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