#fire

The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake the flames from it; the beauty of her cherry-blossom robe as it burst into flame: it was all so cruel, so terrible! ↗

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

#japan #japanese #japanese-literature #beauty

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#get #government #hard #kill #like

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#fire #folly #live #neighbor #next

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#ashes #choke #far #fire #lead

You cannot play with fire. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#fire #play #you

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions. ↗

— James Taylor

#back #down #emotions #energy #experience

Love is friendship set on fire. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#friendship #love #love is #set

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#beautiful #blue #children #cliff #cup

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#burns #fire #makes #nice #very

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#avarice #envy #fire #hearts #pride