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Quotes About Candle

The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.
~ Carl Sagan
Our lives are like a candle in the wind.
~ Carl Sandburg
Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick, Youth must be foolish and mirthful and blind, Gaze not before and glance not behind, Mark not the shadow that darkens the way- Regret not the glitter of any lost day, But laugh with no reason except the red wine, For youth must be youthful and foolish and blind!
~ Tennessee Williams
And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again, and never for one moment since has there been any light that's stronger than this-kitchen-candle...
~ Tennessee Williams
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
~ Terry Pratchett
Then Carrot said, It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain. That's what they say. What? Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -
~ Terry Pratchett
Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.
~ Terry Pratchett
To light a candle is to cast a shadow
~ Kate Forsyth
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
~ Buddha
There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness. There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair.
~ Herman Melville
Would you say the shapeshifter was in distress?" "Hell yeah, he was in distress. His tail was on fire." "He ran like his tail was on fire?" "No, his tail was on fire. Like a big, furry candle on his ass.
~ Ilona Andrews
Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.
~ Kirk Cameron
He did not know why he was thinking about his brother now, as he set ablaze every candle within him to make the world bright and to save all his friends. And before long he no longer sensed anyone else, barring the faint smudges they had become. The captain, the Fist, all the soldiers who were his friends, he let his light unfold to embrace them all, to keep them safe from that frightening, dark magic so eager to rush down upon them.
~ Steven Erikson
I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'
~ Steven Wright
At night a candle's brighter than the sun
~ Sting
The sensation Ihad experienced vanished like smoke from a snuffed candle, leaving behind wisps of namelesslonging.
~ Julianne Donaldson, Edenbrooke
ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.
~ Mitch Albom
ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.. you cannot support yourself standing.. you cannot sit up straight. By the end, if you are still alive.. your soul, perfectly awake, is imprisoned inside a limp husk.. like something from a science fiction movie, the man frozen inside his own flesh.
~ Mitch Albom
La ricerca della libertà è l'unica forza stimolante che conosca. Libertà di volare in quell'infinito là in alto; libertà di dissolversi; libertà di distaccarsi da tutto; di essere come la fiamma di una candela che, nonostante il paragone con la luce di miliardi di stelle, rimane intatta perché non ha mai finto di essere più di quanto non fosse: solo una candela. Don Juan
~ Carlos Castaneda
I bent over her and kissed her lips. She embraced me, and we remained like that as the light from the candle sputtered then went out.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Il nichilismo è solo una posa, non una dottrina. Metta la fiamma di una candela sotto i testicoli di un nichilista e constaterà come vede in fretta la luce dell'esistenza.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A candle is a prayer in action.
~ Ken Bruen
She was always losing customers; it was a miracle she had any left. New ones were always appearing, that was the thing. Her supernatural velocity attracted them, like moths to a candle.
~ César Aira
Their glowed as brightly as any candle in the room.
~ Cameron Dokey