Quote by Michael Hodges

“We were like two moths around a candle, I thought, circling closer and closer to the flame, waiting to see whose wings would catch…

— Tan Twan Eng

“Where does the flame of a candle go after is faded?”

— L.J. Smith

“They surrounded him here, but beyond, flames licked the cabins, the incendiary glow striking a similar spark inside him from the injustice they’d faced…

— Katherine McIntyre

“I entered the fire and could have quit- Could have turned and walked away, Weeping each step for passed pain. I chose, instead, to…

— Adam Scott Campbell

“When he held a candle across the threshold, the black swallowed the fire completely. When he tried to step across it, he felt nothing…

— Patricia A. McKillip

“I lit the candles and said out loud, “what am I waiting on? Someone to sell them in a garage sale for a quarter…

— Paula Heller Garland

“My father's hand found the door locked. His calls to my mother went unanswered. He beat with his fists and called out her name,…

— Niall Williams

“Honey, the candles are gonna burn out," I prompted on a grin. "Let 'em," he replied. "Got nothin' I want. Everything I want is…

— Kristen Ashley

“One of the three candles burned out, and darkness eagerly pulled its chair a little closer to the table.”

— Dean Koontz

“It drew aside the window-curtain and looked out; perhaps it saw dawn approaching, for, taking the candle, it retreated to the door. Just at…

— Charlotte Brontë

“I took the dog out for a walk tonight, and together we wandered across the meadow next door. It was a warm summer's night,…

— Neil Gaiman

“There were a thousand noises: spoons clattering, liquid being poured in glugs, a deep, unctuous bubbling from the stove. Heat blasted him in a…

— Laura Madeleine