Fire
Quotes - Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew
“It
was a lone tree burning on the desert. A heraldic tree that the passing storm
had left afire. The solitary pilgrim drawn up before it had traveled far to be
here and he knelt in the hot sand and held his numbed hands out while all about
in that circle attended companies of lesser auxiliaries routed forth into the
inordinate day, small owls that crouched silently and stood from foot to foot
and tarantulas and solpugas and vinegarroons and the vicious mygale spiders and
beaded lizards with mouths black as a chowdog's, deadly to man, and the little
desert basilisks that jet blood from their eyes and the small sandvipers like
seemly gods, silent and the same, in Jeda, in Babylon. A constellation of
ignited eyes that edged the ring of light all bound in a precarious truce
before this torch whose brightness had set back the stars in their sockets.”
―
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“hey.
I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live
three houses away from you," he says.”
―
Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
“In
my biology class, we'd talked about the definition of life: to be classified as
a living creature, a thing needs to eat, breathe, reproduce, and grow. Dogs do,
rocks don't, trees do, plastic doesn't. Fire, by that definition, is vibrantly
alive. It eats everything from wood to flesh, excreting the waste as ash, and
it breathes air just like a human, taking in oxygen and emitting carbon. Fire
grows, and as it spreads, it creates new fires that spread out and make new
fires of their own. Fire drinks gasoline and excretes cinders, it fights for
territory, it loves and hates. Sometimes when I watch people trudging through
their daily routines, I think that fire is more alive than we are–brighter,
hotter, more sure of itself and where it wants to go. Fire doesn't settle; fire
doesn't tolerate; fire doesn't 'get by.'
Fire
does.
Fire
is.”
―
Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer
“She
was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s
day, and now she could be dead because she had tried to save the man she
loved.”
―
Grace Willows
“And
a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you
daft bum-rag.”
―
Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan
“I
quit smoking in December. I’m really depressed about it. I love smoking, I love
fire, I miss lighting cigarettes. I like the whole thing about it, to me it
turns into the artist’s life, and now people like Bloomberg have made animals
out of smokers, and they think that if they stop smoking everyone will live
forever.”
―
David Lynch
“MOTHER
IS WATER
I
wish I could
Shower
your head with flowers
And
anoint your feet with my tears,
For
I know I have caused you
So
much heartache, frustration and despair –
Throughout
my youthful years.
I wish
I could give you
The
remainder of my life
To
add to yours,
Or
simply erase
The
lines on your face,
And
mend all that has been torn.
For
next to God,
You
are the fire
That
has given light
To
the flame in each of my eyes.
You
are the fountain
That
nourished my growth,
And
from your chalice –
Gave
me life.
Without
the wetness of your love,
The
fragrance of your water,
Or
the trickling sounds of
Your
voice,
I
shall always feel
thirsty.”
―
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Through
an arrow loop in the wall she saw a familiar horse and rider tearing across the
camp toward the healing rooms. Brigan pulled up at Nash's feet and dropped from
the saddle. The two brothers threw their arms around each other and embraced
hard.
Shortly
thereafter he stepped into the healing rooms and leaned in the doorway, looking
across at her quietly. Brocker's son with the gentle gray eyes.
She
abandoned all pretense of decorum and ran at him.”
―
Kristin Cashore, Fire
“If
her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then
the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by
arrows again.”
―
Kristin Cashore, Fire
“Henry,"
said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, "if you set
yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit
down and eat your supper. And say hello to our guest.”
―
Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“You're
the brightest thing I've ever seen, Kaylee. You're this beautiful ball of fire
spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by
sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out -- if i tried to touch you
-- I'd get burned. Because you're not mine. I'm not supposed to feel the fire.
I'm not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like I've never
wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I
want the burn.”
―
Rachel Vincent, If I Die
“If
we could light up the room with pain,
we’d
be such a glorious fire.”
―
Ada Limon, Bright Dead Things
“Set
fire to the broken pieces; start anew.”
―
Lauren DeStefano, Sever
“Once
upon a time, man had a love affair with fire.”
―
Robert R. McCammon, Swan Song
“Her
complexity is a glorious fire that consumes, while her simplicity goes
unapproachable. But if one takes time to understand her, there is something
beautiful to find, something simple to be loved. But she goes unloved, for
being misunderstood.”
―
Anthony Liccione
“Everywhere
he touches is fire. My whole body is burning up, the two of us becoming twin
points of the same bright white flame.”
―
Lauren Oliver, Delirium
“This
was not a world of men. It was a world of gods, a time of great powers. It was
the era of divinity walking in man, of wind and water and fire. And in warfare,
she who held the power asymmetry was the inevitable victor.”
―
R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic
“I'm
playing with fire, with something I don't understand.”
―
L.J. Smith, The Awakening
