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Disputed, (1941-1944) (published 1953)
                                    
Source: Snakehead
                                        
                                        25 October 1941. 
Disputed, (1941-1944) (published 1953)
                                    
“To set a forest on fire, you light a match. To set a character on fire, you put him in conflict.”
Source: How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
“If I have to start fires, to put out fires, then so be it.”
Film Quotes
“I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.”
Source: Magic Bleeds
“To pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.”
                                        
                                        Tirer les marrons du feu avec la patte du chat. 
L'Étourdi (1655), Act III, sc. v
                                    
                                        
                                        Variant: Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. 
Source: Jingo
                                    
 
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                        