Quote by Mike Mullin

“I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.”

— Arthur Holitscher

“You revel in the smoke that the words send up.”

— Toni Morrison

“He wasn’t sure if the smoke was necessary to carry their prayers up to Heaven, but it sure did rouse the spirit.”

— C.A. Tedeschi

“If I could turn into a wisp of smoke, I could slip into them and disappear.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale…there it was again. Fear. The…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“There were some cigarettes still in the case. I lit one, and started to get into the state of mind where, though everything was…

— John Wyndham

“Here and there, plumes of dark smoke reach into the sky like the fingers of a drowning man reaching up for the last time.”

— Susan Ee

“My lungs are thick with the smoke of your absence.”

— Raymond Carver

“...and the smoke that creeps off the tip of my cigarette and into the dim, scattered strands of light leaking off the moon, in…

— Kellie Elmore

“And until you feel it, the loss of air, the panic crawling through your skin, the desperation to inhale just one more time, you…

— Holly Renee

“...smoke twisting amongst the lights and turning the air a desolate blue, the colour of dead hopes and lost chances.”

— Terry Pratchett

“When things get really hot, smoke fills the air. And things were definitely hot in here.”

— S.D. Mary