“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.”
Octavia E. Butler book Parable of the Talents
Variant: In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
Source: Parable of the Talents
“Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.”
— Ray Bradbury, book Fahrenheit 451
Source: Fahrenheit 451
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