Failure Quote by John Herrick

“She lit a cigarette and spent a moment identifying with the smoldering match.”

— David Sedaris

“She’s finished her cigarette but hasn’t put it out properly, so it’s still smoking in the ashtray. I crush mine into it, grinding until…

— Mohsin Hamid

“She reached into an alabaster box and pulled out a violet cigarette that also exactly matched her eyes. Some people just don't know when…

— Gary K. Wolf

“What was she left with but ashes and darkness once the light of the flame went out? The smell of smoke lingered like a…

— Eric Overby

“She crooned on until her cigarette was gone. The ash in the wind blew around us like hesitant snow.”

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

“cigarettes before climbing out onto the fire escape for her monthly ritual. With a shaky hand, she flicked her lighter to life and lit…

— Jez Strider

“She put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it, tasting the familiar taste of nicotine, smoke, and impending lung cancer. It felt good.…

— Mike Omer

“She was sitting behind a black glass desk that looked like Napoleon's tomb and she was smoking a cigarette in a black holder that…

— Raymond Chandler

“You can’t really imagine the pain of someone breaking down, even when they’re part of you. Holding the unlit end of a burning cigarette…

— Shahid Hussain Raja

“It was agreeable to her, the smell of tobacco. It was part of her knowledge of his body. It was the aura of the…

— Don DeLillo

“Ash was the Master of Smoke.”

— Tracey West

“She almost wished she smoked, so she could lie on the car’s hood, flick a lighter, and make up names for the constellations while…

— Brigid Kemmerer