“This is how the fire starts. This is how we burn.”
Libba Bray A Great and Terrible Beauty
Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty
“We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it.”
We Didn't Start the Fire.
Song lyrics, Storm Front (1989)
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It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
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