Earth Quote by J. Frank Dobie

“The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the years and the people anyway, without any…

— Ray Bradbury

When man invented fire, he didn't say, "Hey, let's cook." He said, "Great, now we can see naked bottoms in the dark.

— Steven Moffat

“No vivacious Bacchanalian flame leaped out of the pressed grape of Monsieur Defarge: but, a smouldering fire that burnt in the dark lay hidden…

— Charles Dickens

“A large praying mantis was performing ablutions on the springy stem of the kid's cowlick. The gunslinger snorted laughter-the first in gods knew how…

— Stephen King

“The old outcast gape the darkness and said: “The lonely man is a fire without fireplace…”.”

— Alexandar Tomov

“A shot rang out from the rifle of an alerted Harvestman, and just as the sound reached Nathaniel’s ears, he felt the hot streak…

— Jonathan Marker

“The flames eat up all the oxygen in the air around me, stealing food from a starving man. There”

— Nat Kozinn

“I went back to my own innocent little chores and sat in my office as the fall drew imperceptibly on and the earth leaned…

— Robert Penn Warren

“Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say?…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“The door of the lighthouse was ajar. They pushed it open and walked into a shuttered twilight. Through an archway on the further side…

— Aldous Huxley

“The sun burnt everyday. It burnt time. The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the…

— Ray Bradbury

“Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he remained in a sitting posture, a long thread of blood streaked his face, he raised both…

— Victor Hugo