“By wearing a mark of ash one were to reach heaven, a donkey (that rolls in ash) should reach there surely.”

“Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low.”

“Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.”

“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?”

“It was one of those cold, clammy, accusing sort of eyes--the kind that makes you reach up to see if your tie is straight: and he looked at me as I were some sort of unnecessary product which Cuthbert the Cat had brought in after a ramble among the local ash-cans.”

“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Halleluiah amen, you are dismissed.”

“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?”

“Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!”

“Under oak, ash and thorn
My soul was born.
Under thorn, oak and ash
My body bent to the lash.
Under ash, thorn and oak
My heart broke.
Under oak, ash and thorn all three
I was nailed to a tree.”

“If Ganges water will reach your ancestors in heaven, why should the water I throw up not reach my fields in the Punjab, which are far less distant?”