Flame Quotes

778 quotes by 584 authors

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb. — Debra Winger
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a… — William Butler Yeats
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is… — Boris Yeltsin
Far away, I could hear them lapping up my brains. Like Macbeth's witches, the three lithe cats surrounded my broken head, slurping up that thick… — Haruki Murakami
You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having… — Lewis Carroll
You wake from dreams of doom and--for a moment--you know: beyond all the noise and the gestures, the only real thing, love's calm unwavering flame… — Dag Hammarskjold
In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at… — Bill Bryson
And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever… — Tim Burton
You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a… — Vladimir Nabokov
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That… — Lloyd Alexander
That was one of the most fundamental and sacred duties good friends and families performed for one another! They tended the flame of memory, so… — Dean Koontz
I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that… — Sidney Poitier
The small wad of burning paper drew down to a wisp of flame and then died out leaving a faint pattern for just a moment… — Cormac McCarthy
Nothing is really lost or can be lost, No birth, identity, form--no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing... The… — Nicholas Sparks
There was only the broad square with the scattered dim moons of the street lamps and with the monumental stone arch which receded into the… — Erich Maria Remarque
Love must be as much a light as it is a flame. — Henry David Thoreau
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. Impart as much as you can of your spiritual… — Albert Schweitzer
You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- without a flame- E'en through the darkest night! — Emily Dickinson

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