“We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it’s gone forever.”
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
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Haruki Murakami 655
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Speech at University of Durham to the Ashridge Fellowship, as quoted in The Times (3 December 1934); also in Christian Conservatives and the Totalitarian Challenge, 1933-40 by Philip Williamson, in The English Historical Review, Vol. 115, No. 462 (June 2000)
1934
“Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out?”
Source: Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Variant: Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.
“Fiery and sweet, all at the same time. A flame in the dark, lighting my way.”
Source: The Indigo Spell
Source: Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948), Lines to a Georgian Mother, p. 59
“We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close