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2. “Did you not hear what I said, sir? I told you there was fire in my sentence. And though it is only after death that my body is to be burnt, it will always be a terrible disgrace on my memory. I am saved the pain of being burnt alive, and thus, perhaps, saved from a death of despair, but the shamefulness is the same, and it is that I think of.”
Alexandre Dumas
Fire Sentence, Shame Memory, Burning Disgrace, Fire, Shame, Disgrace
4. “A friend of mine, the most innocuous dreamer who ever lived, once set a forest on fire to see, as he said, if it would catch as easily as people said. The first ten times the experiment was a failure; but on the eleventh it succeeded all too well.” Charles Baudelaire Innocuous Dreamer, Dangerous Curiosity, Experimental Disaster, Forest, Fire, Experiment
9. “But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. The burning ship drove on, as if remorselessly commissioned to some vengeful deed.” Herman Melville Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire
10. “For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blankets between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.” Herman Melville Fire Comforts, Rich Luxury, Sleeping Apartment, Comfort, Fire, Luxury
13. “If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.” Charles Bukowski Pursuit Of Excellence, Divine Inspiration, Passionate Living, Determination, Fire, Laughter
26. “At the moment when her eyes closed, when all feeling vanished in her, she thought that she felt a touch of fire imprinted on her lips, a kiss more burning than the red-hot iron of the executioner.” Victor Hugo Passionate Love, Intense Emotions, Lasting Impressions, Destructive Power, Unforgettable Kiss, Fire
Fire Quotes by Famous Authors
2. “Did you not hear what I said, sir? I told you there was fire in my sentence. And though it is only after death that my body is to be burnt, it will always be a terrible disgrace on my memory. I am saved the pain of being burnt alive, and thus, perhaps, saved from a death of despair, but the shamefulness is the same, and it is that I think of.”
Alexandre Dumas Fire Sentence, Shame Memory, Burning Disgrace, Fire, Shame, Disgrace
4. “A friend of mine, the most innocuous dreamer who ever lived, once set a forest on fire to see, as he said, if it would catch as easily as people said. The first ten times the experiment was a failure; but on the eleventh it succeeded all too well.”
Charles Baudelaire Innocuous Dreamer, Dangerous Curiosity, Experimental Disaster, Forest, Fire, Experiment
9. “But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. The burning ship drove on, as if remorselessly commissioned to some vengeful deed.”
Herman Melville Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire
10. “For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blankets between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.”
Herman Melville Fire Comforts, Rich Luxury, Sleeping Apartment, Comfort, Fire, Luxury
13. “If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”
Charles Bukowski Pursuit Of Excellence, Divine Inspiration, Passionate Living, Determination, Fire, Laughter
26. “At the moment when her eyes closed, when all feeling vanished in her, she thought that she felt a touch of fire imprinted on her lips, a kiss more burning than the red-hot iron of the executioner.”
Victor Hugo Passionate Love, Intense Emotions, Lasting Impressions, Destructive Power, Unforgettable Kiss, Fire
