“In one room, silently, lover looks upon lover,
And thinks the air is fire.”
Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) American novelist and poet
The House of Dust (1916 - 1917)
“There is some wisdom in taking a gloomy view, in looking upon the world as a kind of Hell, and in confining one's efforts to securing a little room that shall not be exposed to the fire.”
Source: The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
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