Quotes About Fire

One could well ask if there is some subconscious link in the patriarchal mind between the agni-pariksha, fire-ordeal of Sita; the encouraging of women to become satis, the practice of entering the fire jointly in a jauhar when a Rajput raja was defeated in a campaign; and the frequency of dowry deaths in recent times.

Putting wives through fire has continued since ancient times, from Sita to sati to dowry deaths. It is a curious aspect of our social culture.

There was a fire at the Inland Revenue office in London, but it was put out before any serious good was done.

Ele é um profeta em seus últimos anos de vida, seu corpo vai ficando cada dia mais fraco, mas dentro dele arde um fogo indômito que brilha com intensidade cada vez maior".

She slept hot just the way her words sometimes blew hot.

And yet deeper, far deeper, below those beings, there was the fire of creation, which had been buried at the center of the earth by stars.

The buffalo provided the fuel for fires that smoked their own meat.

Dad has brought me a cup of tea in bed this morning! I said, 'Vati, why are you waking me up in the middle of the night? Are you on fire?

Nothing brings memories to the surface like smells and flames.

For Anne to take things calmly would have been to change her nature. All spirit and fire and dew, as she was, the pleasures and pains of life came to her with trebled intensity. Marilla felt this and was vaguely troubled over it, realizing that the ups and downs of existence would probably bear hardly on this impulsive soul and not sufficiently understanding that the equally great capacity for delight might more than compensate.

Ja osobiÅ›cie mam tylko jedno marzenie - odezwaÅ' siÄ™ przyciszonym gÅ'osem. - Powraca ono do mnie ciÄ…gle, chocia? wiem, ?e prawdopodobnie nigdy siÄ™ nie speÅ'ni. MarzÄ™ o wÅ'asnym domu, o rozpalonym ogniu w kominku, o wÅ'asnym kocie i psie, o odgÅ'osie kroków przyjacióÅ', którzy przyszli w odwiedziny i - marzÄ™ o tobie.

Hasta que, para colmar el encanto, surgió del mar la luna: primero entre las nieblas del horizonte como una lúgubre máscara de fuego que asomara amenazadora para espiar en medio de un silencio espantoso sus dominios marítimos; luego volviéndose paulatinamente más clara, reduciéndose exactamente a un níveo fulgor que ensanchó el mar en un plateado pálpito sin fin.

DJ can stay here and help Mabel with the fire." "I don't need any damned help with the fire," Mabel said with irritation. "I'm sure you don't," DJ said soothingly, then grinned and added, "but I bet between the two of us, we can make it burn hotter.

I wouldn't think it happens easily or often, never for some people. I imagine a love like that is like a fire starting with a spark and growing into a blaze becoming an engulfing passion too hot for most people to withstand.

A book, too, can be a star, "explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly," a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them. —Ditta

A book, too, can be a star, explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Strength can always be used to destroy as well as create," Charles Wallace said. "This fire is to help and heal.

he put the tray down on a long marble table in front of the fire. The Dean seated himself and lifted an enormous chintz tea cozy from a chipped earthenware teapot, incongruous in the midst of a handsome silver tea service,. There were eggs in china cups, a plate of muffins dripping with butter, and a raisin cake.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Burn your fear of failure with the fire of desire so that you may open the door of success.

Stars are howling see moon is caught on fire.

The hopelessness of life is like a weak fire, that can only be extinguished using the fire extinguisher called hope.

Genius is talent set on fire.