Quotes About Fire

it seemed much more likely to scald and burn from sex and rage instead.

Make it new. Take me to the core of holy destruction and death and let me survive your excruciating heat. Let me throw what isn't useful into your flame. Dissolve it there and make me new, make me whole.

Never underestimate the power of passion.

that the body of light come forth from the body of fire And that your eyes come to the surface from the deep wherein they were sunken, Reina -- for 300 years, and now sunken That your eyes come forth from their caves

No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghosty heart

Passion begets hunger. Hunger consumes worlds. - Silver Surfer

praeter perpetuas Aetnae lampades ignis atque flammarum». Così

To be silent and consumed by fire is the worst punishment on earth

A me piace veder correre pieno di fuoco ciò che era stato quieto per anni e anni.

No puedo explicar nada sino balbucir el fuego que me quema.

Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: Identify It, Hire It, Nurture It, Reward It, Protect It. And when the time comes, Fire It.

Her head burned and her thoughts danced at the edge of her mind like scraps of ash in the heat of a fire.

May the fire of St. Anthony fly up thy fundament.

Oui, la beauté ne saurait jamais nous faire oublier notre condition tragique. Il y a une beauté proprement humaine, ce feu d'esprit qui brûle, s'il brûle, au-delà du tragique.

The ancient owls' nest must have burned. Hastily, all alone, a glistening armadillo left the scene, rose-flecked, head down, tail down

Yonder stands your orphan with his gunCrying like a fire in the sunLook out, the saints are comin' throughAnd it's all over now, Baby Blue.

smoldering.

And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 1 Kings 19:11 – 12

So I walk home like a burning house, like a burning stable, the light of life pouring out of the fire, fire pouring out of the dying wood, hostile sorrow lingering under the ashes

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

There are seasons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.

It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided by discretion, and hallowed by the imagination, the passions are the vivifiers and quickeners of our being. Without passion there can be no energy of character. Indeed, the passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways, and dangerous only in one--through their excess.

Exposed wires crisscrossed the ceiling, looking like central casting for a fire hazard. I followed Berleand down a corridor. We passed a microwave oven sitting on the floor. There were printers and monitors and computers lining the walls.

The rust on the fire escape was so thick that tetanus seemed a far greater threat than smoke inhalation.