“A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.”
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Source: My Sister's Keeper
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.”
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.”
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Katniss (p. 352)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
John Prine (1946–2020) American country singer/songwriter
"Daddy’s Little Pumpkin" (Prine, Pat McLaughlin)
Song lyrics, The Missing Years (1991)
“One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“…but every lyar
Must have his portion in the lake
That burns with brimstone and with fire.”
Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician
Song 15: "Against Lying".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
“You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.”
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
In regards to fame<sup> https://web.archive.org/web/20070314185437/http://www.craveonline.com/humor/articles/04647576/everybody_loves_chris.html</sup> <br class="br">Miscellaneous
“Love in your hearts as idly burns
As fire in antique Roman urns.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
Canto I, line 309
Source: Hudibras, Part II (1664)
Tennessee Williams The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Christopher
Source: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963)