Time Quote by Tara Hanks

“Smoke your pain but keep the ashes forever.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“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

“My ashtray is full, the carton of cigarettes is empty, and I just cremated grandpa. But I never inhaled—or told him I loved him.”

— Jarod Kintz

“In as much time as it takes to smoke a cigarette, a person's life was changed forever.”

— Karen McQuestion

“Sometimes, all you can do is watch things burn, and wait for the ash to settle.”

— Jodi Picoult

“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

“There is no such thing as 'just one last cigarette' – except the last cigarette that you've already had.”

— H.M. Forester

“You haven’t had enough fires burn out on you yet. You haven’t lived among ashes.”

— K.C. Martin

“I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.”

— A.B. Shepherd

“Life is too short, and cigars are too expensive, to smoke them for any reason other than enjoyment.”

— Jonah Goldberg

“The cigarette hung unlit from his lips. Was he doomed to roam forever in his ghost state, always wanting to light that cigarette? A…

— Deanna Chase

“Ash was the Master of Smoke.”

— Tracey West