Quotes by Fire listen, a goad's anything that provokes or incites an enemy --- let me have a go: cursed deamon! you have met your end! the shivering fire awaits you! i shall spread your vile essance across this hall like... um, like margarine, a very think layer of it... --- ye-es... im not sure he'll pick up on that analogy. never mind, keep going. Jonathan Stroud firemindthinking Everything that's born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they're all on fire, and we're all trapped. Jonathan Safran Foer differentfiremean That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland Jonathan Stroud hugkissingfire The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. Jonathan Edwards crushflamesfire Some kids do drugs. Some kids light stuff on fire. Me, I eat oats. Jordan Sonnenblick lightfirekids We burned with love for ourselves, all of us, starters of the fire we suffered- our love was the affliction for which only our love was the cure. Jonathan Safran Foer our-loveafflictionfire I've been an advocate against the view of the writer as a partitioned genius hanging in conceptual space, or up on a mountain, a bringer of Promethean fire, some unique transmission that comes out of nowhere. I prefer the opposite view - that writers come from somewhere. They read things, and they think about them, and they incorporate other people's thoughts. Jonathan Lethem uniquefirethinking Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. Jorge Luis Borges firetimelife When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway. Kino sighed with satisfaction - and that was conversation. John Steinbeck firebreakfastneeds The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it. Joni Mitchell ninefiremother First, a poem must be magical, then musical as a sea-gull and it must hold fire as well. Jose Garcia Villa musicalfiresea Time is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. Jorge Luis Borges time-managementsubstancefire Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. Jose Marti abjectionhatredfire There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European contact it was just Natives huddling around a fire, waiting for civilization to come save them. But that was not the case. Joseph Boyden firecivilizationthinking The country's 24 hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. The press can hold its magnifying up to our problems bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire and then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything we hear nothing. Jon Stewart glassesfirecountry Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them. Joseph B. Wirthlin imaginationfireheart For poetry, he's past his prime, Jonathan Swift firemenpast In the old days, people would gather around the fire, or they would gather at a tavern, and they'd tell a story. And then, maybe a week later, someone would tell the same story, but with a different twist on it. That's how folk takes evolved. Joseph Gordon-Levitt twistsfirepeople Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned. Joseph J. Ellis crushfiresweet Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with. Joseph J. Ellis serenityselffire«9293949596979899100101102»
