“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

“It's the job of the manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze.”

“Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.”

“The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.”

“a small spark can start a great fire”

“It'll start with a spark, and a great fire will grow.”

“In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.”

“I want to see thirst
In the syllables,
Tough fire
In the sound;
Feel through the dark
For the scream.”

“There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams, and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”

“Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”