“Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.”
"Fire and Ice" (1923)
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“Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.”
"Fire and Ice" (1923)
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Context: Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
“And yet I strove — and I was fire
And ice — and fire and ice were one
In one vast hunger of desire.”
Young Adventure (1918), The Quality of Courage
Context: p>The iron ice stung like a goad,
Slashing the torn shoes from my feet,
And all the air was bitter sleet. And all the land was cramped with snow,
Steel-strong and fierce and glimmering wan,
Like pale plains of obsidian.
— And yet I strove — and I was fire
And ice — and fire and ice were one
In one vast hunger of desire.</p
Source: Young Adventure (1918), The Quality of Courage
"Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson" http://www.mysteryfile.com/Matheson/Interview.html (2004)
“He lives.
I breathe.
I want. Him. Always.
Fire to my ice. Ice to my fever.
-Mac”
Source: Shadowfever
On romance in science fiction and fantasy, in his blog http://grrm.livejournal.com/126645.html (January 2010)
Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 203.