#ashe

Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#back #bridle #broke #brought #bullet

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail. ↗

— James Longstreet

#caught #crashed #fire #hail #like

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#ashes #being #disaster #expected #garland

Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show. ↗

— Nana Visitor

#going #i #legs #now #out

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#better #die #facing #fathers #fearful

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#clashes #demands #does #his #likewise

He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in and said your family has already moved and you have to move, the boat is ready to take you out. I didn't have time to ask, even ask a question. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#ask #boat #brown #come #dashed

Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#ashes #been #comes #glory #late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#comes #glory #late #our #paid

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#ashes #contract #cremated #given #i