Breathless Quote by William Carlos Williams

“We are like flames on a match that suddenly blaze forth and end just as quickly in a wisp of smoke, extinguished by a…

— John Lyman

The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing eviscerate…

— Cormac McCarthy

“When Great Trees Fall When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after…

— Maya Angelou

We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.

— Meat Loaf

“And yet it's there, we witnessed it being lit. And fires once lit have to burn until they spend themselves or someone extinguishes them,”…

— Andrew Ashling

You keep telling me to be glad for what we had while we had it. That the brightest flame burns quickest. Which means you…

— Iain Thomas

“But before I could get hold of my thoughts, another loud explosion tore through the air, crackling like a beast, our screams becoming lost…

— Carlyle Labuschagne

I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow,…

— Thomas de Quincey

“How bold we are. We shy from a flame that licks the tip of our finger for a fraction of a second, and from…

— Laurence B. Brown

“Arise, my heart, Let's bring back the fire within these ashes!”

— Aditya Yadav

So we found the end of our journey. So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of…

— Ted Hughes

“This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief --like a whisper of wind--when we are all and finally gone and…

— Edward Abbey