Quotes by Fire Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter. Jean Racine eyefirelove-is A critic is a soldier that fires on his own men. Jean-Luc Godard soldierfiremen Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? Jean-Jacques Rousseau suicidefiremen I want more of this feeling - fire and wings. Jean Rhys firefeelingswings Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now. Jean Rhys firedressesbeautiful It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness. Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon goldsufferingfire When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear. Jeanne Moreau distancefiretwo The tamer my love, the farther away it is from love. In fierceness, in heat, in longing, in risk, I find something of love's nature. In my desire for you, I burn at the right temperature to walk through love's fire. So when you ask me why I cannot love you more calmly, I answer that to love you calmly is not to love you at all. Jeanette Winterson riskfirelove-you The world is on fire; time is a bomb. Jeet Thayil bombsfireyears I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. Jeannette Walls toesfireworld Another guitar player who had a tremendous influence on my life was Howard Roberts ... I'd listened to a lot of Tal Farlow, Johnny Smith and Kenny Burrell, and I was certainly into those guys, but I was awestruck at the intensity and fire in Howards' guitar playing... for me, it became a roadmap. Jeff Baxter musicplayerfire I wondered if the fire had been out to get me. I wondered if all fire was related, like Dad said all humans were related, if the fire that had burned me that day while I cooked hot dogs was somehow connected o the fire I had flushed down the toilet and the fire burning at the hotel. I didn't have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. Jeannette Walls dadfiredog I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, turning the other side of my half-clad body to the fire, I sought slumber again. Henry David Thoreau flyingfirebird So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people. Jean-Paul Sartre farcefirepeople Leave those vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul: that is where you will always rediscover the source of the sacred fire which so often inflamed us with love of the sublime virtues; that is where you will see the eternal image of true beauty, the contemplation of which inspires us with a holy enthusiasm. Jean-Jacques Rousseau soulfireinspire Playing with fire Kitten? Jeaniene Frost playing-with-firekittenfire I can’t wait to find out how you taste, and you won’t want me to stop even after I’ve completely exhausted you. You’ll think you were on fire, your skin will burn. I’ll suck all of your juices out of you. And then I’ll drink your blood. Jeaniene Frost firebloodthinking A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches Jeff Lindsay philosophicalfiremen The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant. Jeff Rich grass-is-always-greenerfiregrass You might be a redneck if every electrical outlet in your house is a fire hazard. Jeff Foxworthy redneckfirehouse«7980818283848586878889»
