“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”

— Arthur Miller, The Crucible

Deputy Governor Danforth
The Crucible (1953)

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playwright from the United States 1915–2005

Jack Cady (1932–2004) American writer

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148

“We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.”

Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Context: We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind,
An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.

“Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods
And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.”

William Allingham (1824–1889) Irish man of letters and poet

Autumnal Sonnet; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Love is a burnin' thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire”

June Carter Cash (1929–2003) American singer, songwriter and actress

Ring of Fire (1963); co-written with Merle Kilgore · June Carter Cash performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyNf6sw8xaE · Anita Carter version (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlWGsaorj6U · Johnny Cash performance (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOdXU_JQPA · Johnny Cash performance (1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-zNQA5Xi4Q · Live performance by June (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpRa6JbywTc

“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”

Tennessee Williams The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Christopher
Source: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963)

“A shaft of fire that falls like dew,
And melts and maddens all my blood,
From out thy spirit flashes through
The burning glass of womanhood.”

George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

“The dream end of this is that this keeps up to the convention and we have a replay of Chicago 1968 with burning cars, protests, fires, literal riots, and all of that. That's that's the objective here.”

Rush Limbaugh (1951) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, author, and television personality

telling his listeners about his idea to turn the National Democratic Convention into "Operation Chaos" on The Rush Limbaugh Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjwE-kJpyts (April 9, 2008)

“So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is—other people!”

Jean Paul Sartre No Exit

Garcin, Act 1, sc. 5
Variant: So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.
Source: No Exit (1944)

“Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine
Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time
There go the street lights bringin on the night
Here come the men faces hidden from the light
All through the shadows they come and they go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below.”

Bob Seger (1945) American singer-songwriter

The Fire Down Below.
Song lyrics, Night Moves (1976)

“The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.”

Georg Büchner Danton's Death

Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”

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