Torches Quotes

177 Torches quotes by 141 unique authors

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiopeâ€™s… — William Shakespeare
Torches," Porak ordered. "This is dumb," Jig grumbled as one of the others handed out torches. "Why not run ahead and warn any intruders that… — Jim C. Hines
Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up. — Albert Einstein
We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few… — Haruki Murakami
He glanced back at the wall. How like a mirror, too, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know who reflected your own… — Ray Bradbury
Ever hold your hand over a torch (sorry, a flashlight for you Americans). — Rick Riordan
You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn. — Margaret Atwood
Don't lose yourself to anger. It's gasoline. You can burn it as fuel, or you can use it to torch everything you care about and… — Karen Marie Moning
Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world. — Jimmy Buffett
My pen.â€™ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. â€˜The torchâ€™, â€˜the paperâ€™, but â€˜my penâ€™. That shows what writing means to me, I guess. My… — John Marsden
Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night. — Arthur Schopenhauer
They rode out together from the shadows of the trees, leaving the Bala Hissar and the glowing torch of the burning Residency behind them, and… — M.M. Kaye
And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these… — Jean Cocteau
He came to this country like a torch on fire and he swallowed air as he walked forward and he gave out light — Michael Ondaatje
Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To seek our pale enchanted gold.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Neither torch nor dagger," Annabeth said firmly. "There is a third test, which I will pass." "A third test?" the pater demanded. "Mithras was born… — Rick Riordan
The Somebody Else's Problem field is much simpler and more effective, and what's more can be run for over a hundred years on a single… — Douglas Adams
Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest. — Victor Hugo

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