Quotes About Ashes

maybe his soul remembered. as we know. the ashes of Achilles and Patroklos were mingled in one urn. not even a god could sift the one from the other. Achilles has come back with his fierceness and his pride, and with Patroklos' feeling. each of them suffered for what he was; this boy will suffer for both.

Habt nur den Mut, destruktiv zu sein, und ihr werdet bald sehen, welch' herrliche Blume der Eintracht aus der fruchtbaren Asche aufschießt.

Love, when it goes, can sometimes burn to ash. And sometimes it can leave nothing.

He wanted to look at the face of his enemy - or at least upon his ashes.

Wycliffe's remains were burned on a little bridge that spanned the River Swift, which was a tributary of the Avon. His ashes were thrown into the stream. Soon afterwards a Lollard prophecy appeared: The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn to the sea. And Wycliffe's dust shall spread abroad Wide as the waters be. In English.

A cinza resta, inteira, no extremo do cigarro aceso. É como se Bartolomeu Sozinho quisesse recolher, intacto, o tempo já consumido.

Cinzas, se nos olhos dela dormitavam, em brasas se acenderam.

Make love so that from your passion, everything around you burns out, so that only burnt skeletons on ashes and burning coals are left from you.

As Zie Zen's ashes flew on the wind, so did the time of those who had been born in freedom, caged in Silence, only to see it fall. Now . . . now it was the time of those who had been born in Silence, fought for freedom.

Earth, Ashes to ashes and dust to dust in mother earth we place our trust and as we cycle through our years we water it with blood and tears...

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

She doesn't know poets can have ash in the soul, or that after so much burning there comes a time when there's nothing left but blowing away or phoenix-rising.

Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die

O dearest Warsaw of my youth, Which encompassed the whole of my world! If only for a moment and in the dark I wish to catch a glimpse Of the ashes and the flowers Of that good past.10

doing the smoker's comedy act: he hunted automatically for an ashtray, didn't find one, tipped his ashes into the palm of his hand,...

stooping very low, He engraves with care His Name, indelible, upon our dust; And from the ashes of our self-despair, Kindles a flame of hope and humble trust. He seeks no second site on which to build, But on the old foundation, stone by stone, Cementing sad experience with grace, Fashions a stronger temple of His own.

To ash all things return, so too this flesh will burn.

Dead or not, he must taste my Sarah's ashes.

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O, wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

For nearly two years, Bert had been taking care of Susan Branaman, who was dying of cancer. ... When she died, Bert held a wake for her. Her body had been cremated, and her remains sat out in bowls. The bereaved guests snorted the ashes, like they snorted coke.

Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.

Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,