“Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.”
Yukio Mishima book Forbidden Colors
Source: Forbidden Colors
“Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.”
Yukio Mishima book Forbidden Colors
Source: Forbidden Colors
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943) poet, short story writer, novelist
Source: Young Adventure (1918), The Quality of Courage
“Like a moth to a flame
Burned by the fire.
My love is blind
Can't you see my desire?”
Janet Jackson (1966) singer from the United States
That's the Way Love Goes
janet. (1993)
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Katniss (pp. 105-106)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Context: "I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women, and children. There will be no survivors. [... ] I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there's a cease-fire, you're deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do. [... ] This is what they do! And we must fight back! [... ] President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?" We're with the camera, tracking to the planes burning on the roof of the warehouse. Tight on the Capitol seal on a wing, which melts back into the image of my face, shouting at the president. "Fire is catching! And if we burn... you burn with us!"
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Nikita
Song lyrics, Ice on Fire (1985)
Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) American illustrator and writer
Source: The Private World of Tasha Tudor
“Wordless,
Infinite —
You.
You intensify
everything.
You are
fire
burning
all that
is left
of my
heart.”
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
Christy Brown (1932–1981) Irish artist
Source: Of Snails and Skylarks