Candle Quotes - Page 19

• Adults have big, big wishes that we do not expect to come true. That is why we need so many more candles on our cakes.

  Susan Patron

  Cake, Wish, Adults

  Susan Patron, Matt Phelan (2009). “Lucky Breaks”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night. I would be willing to go around the world if I came back in time to light the candles and set the table for supper.

  Gladys Taber

  Home, Night, Light

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• Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.

  Ivan Illich

  Dark, Flames, Knows

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• I have been stabbed, shot, burned, bitten, beaten unconscious too many times to count, and even staked. None of those held a candle to the pain I felt at seeing his mouth on hers.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Pain, Mouths, Shots

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• the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

  Jack Kerouac

  Inspirational, Friends, Horse

  On the Road pt. 1, ch. 1 (1957)

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• Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?

  Charles Dickens

  Expectations, Ugly, Helping

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.7354, Delphi Classics

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• She lights a match in the dark hall and moves it onto the wick of the candle. Light lifts itself onto her shoulders. She is on her knees. She puts her hands on her thighs and breathes in the smell of the sulphur. She imagines she slap breathes in light.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Moving, Dark, Smell

  Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.14, Vintage

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• They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not running, she was not trying to escape. She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head. Her tongue was moving in her mouth, and her eyes seemed to be trying to remember something, and then they remembered and her tongue moved again: "Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.

  Ray Bradbury

  Running, Wall, Moving

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.17, Hamilton Books

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• There is no such thing as an artist: there is only the world lit or unlit as the light allows. When the candle is burning, who looks at the wick? When the candle is out, who needs it?

  Annie Dillard

  Artist, Light, Needs

  Annie Dillard (2016). “Holy the Firm”, p.35, Canongate Books

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• It's like a woman's birthright to knit. It's primal. It's timeless. You don't need electricity to knit. You can do it with a candle, girls!

  Tracey Ullman

  Girl, Needs, Timeless

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• The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.

  Joe Perry

  Media, Play, Trying

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• My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

  Iggy Pop

  Art, Light, Parent

  "What I've Learned: Iggy Pop" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. February 20, 2007.

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• Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we've lost and what leisure we've sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow, stepping onto a plane and zooming across the United States in a matter of hours doesn't hold a candle to the dear, old-fashioned train ride.

  Ginger Rogers

  Fun, Race, United States

  Ginger Rogers (1991). “Gineger My Story”

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• Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

  Rene Russo

  Birthday, Daughter, Mother

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• There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Religious, New York, Church

  "Rufus Wainwright: 'I was looking right into her face when my mother died'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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• I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.

  Anais Nin

  Believe, Dark, Men

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• Jim lights a cigarette and leans indolently back on his elbow smiling at Laura with a warmth and charm which lights her inwardly with altar candles.

  Tennessee Williams

  Light, Elbows, Cigarette

  Tennessee Williams (1999). “The Glass Menagerie”, p.79, New Directions Publishing

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• But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on out into the New Jerusalem: the ability to take our freedom seriously and act on it, to live not in fear of mistakes but in the knowledge that no mistake can hold a candle to the love that draws us home. My repentance, accordingly, is not so much for my failings but for the two-bit attitude toward them by which I made them more sovereign than grace. Grace - the imperative to hear the music, not just listen for errors - makes all infirmities occasions of glory.

  Robert Farrar Capon

  Jesus, Attitude, Mistake

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• I found Esau’s field guide at the bottom of my pack. Taking a candle into the bedroom, I read his book until my eyes grew heavy. From his vast notes, it seemed that almost every plant and tree in the jungle had a reason for existing. I caught myself wishing there was a page in his guide that had my picture on it with the reason for my existence written underneath in Esau’s neat hand.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Book, Eye, Hands

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• Everything's got a purpose, really - you just have to look for it. Cats are good at keeping old dogs alive. Loss helps you reach for gain. Death helps you celebrate life. War helps you work for peace. A flood makes you glad you're still standing. And a tall boy can stop the wind so a candle of hope can burn bright.

  Joan Bauer

  Dog, War, Cat

  "Stand Tall". Book by Joan Bauer, August 26, 2002.

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• He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. “I miss you,” Isobel says as he leaves, but the sentiment is crushed by the clatter of the beaded curtain falling closed behind him.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Moving, Fall, Air

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.134, Random House

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• I found the candles—atrocious air freshening ones that smelled like fake pine.

  Richelle Mead

  Air, Fake, Found

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.188, Penguin

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• Great seas," he said. "What do you want?" He held the candle up to her face. "Po, what do you want?" "She did a far better job than I would've done.

  Kristin Cashore

  Jobs, Sea, Done

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• Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle

  Rumi

  Judging, Moths

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• I feel like I am wlaking down into a porn movie" V mutteres as they took the steps with care. "Wouldn't that require more black candles for you", Zsadist cracked.

  J.R. Ward

  Zsadist, Black, Care

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