“Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.”

“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

“She'll come back as fire
burn all the liars
leave a blanket of ash on the ground”

“I thought my fireplace dead
and stirred the ashes.
I burned my fingers.”

“He'd burn the whole world down til he could dig out you of the ashes.”

“The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.”

“Something the heart must have to cherish,
Must love and joy and sorrow learn;
Something with passion clasp, or perish
And in itself to ashes burn.”

“Burn worldly love,
rub the ashes and make ink of it,
make the heart the pen,
the intellect the writer,
write that which has no end or limit.”

“you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame;
how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”

“If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.”