Ashes Quotes - Page 4

• In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Spring, Passion, Heart

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• why won't they leave me alone? don't they realize I have a tinder heart and a paper body and that any spark will turn me straight to ash?

  David Levithan

  Heart, Leave Me Alone, Paper

  David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.20, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep himself erect, shouldering his gun bravely. A door was suddenly opened, the draught caught the little dancer and she fluttered like a sylph, straight into the fire, to the soldier, blazed up and was gone! By this time the soldier was reduced to a mere lump, and when the maid took away the ashes next morning she found him, in the shape of a small tin heart. All that was left of the dancer was her spangle, and that was burnt as black as a coal.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Morning, Heart, Gun

  Hans Christian Andersen (1993). “Andersen's Fairy Tales”, p.103, Wordsworth Editions

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• Four wings, two hearts, but only one soul. They connect in the middle, but are separated by a thin line of ash. Its what brings them together, yet rips their feathers apart. They can never truly be together as light and dark. Unless one makes the ultimate sacrifice. Blows out their candle, and joins the other in the dark. Or if the other dares to fly across the line and steals the others light And force them to cross over the line and join the darkness of life. Im not gone, princess. I will come back for you until you give in.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Rip, Princess, Heart

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• When Jared smiled, his teeth were stained with fresh scarlet. "Don't you hate me?" he demanded. "I'd hate me." "You just tried to drown yourself," Ash said. "You seem to hate yourself plenty already.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Hate, Teeth, Said

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• Love in a hut, with water and a crust,
  Is - Love, forgive us! - cinders, ashes, dust.

  John Keats

  Life, Dust, Water

  'Lamia' (1820) pt. 2, l. 1

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• Nick cleared his throat. “Do not  … and I mean do  … not  … take this the wrong way, okay?” He wrapped his arms around Ash and hugged him. “I will always be your brother,” he whispered in Ash’s ear. “And I won’t ever hate you.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Brother, Hate, Mean

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Inferno: Chronicles of Nick”, p.192, St. Martin's Griffin

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• But Ash, I can't continue to want you from a distance. To love you and not have you. I'd end up in jail if anyone tried to touch you and God forbid you tried to date someone.

  Abbi Glines

  Distance, Love You, Jail

  Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

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• You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

  Chief Seattle

  Mother, Respect, Children

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they are in a flame, and begin to rage like a burning mountain. Such people as these are like red-hot coals hidden under ashes. This is not the mildness which Our Lord undertook to teach us in order to make us like unto Himself.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Anger, Adversity, Flames

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• When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

  Julia Cameron

  Life, Flower, Heart

  "Blessings". Book by Julia Cameron, 1998.

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• The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon some lonely ash-dump and a soul roasting in hell.

  H. L. Mencken

  Lonely, Truth, Honesty

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.15, Vintage

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• I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.

  William Shatner

  Tombstone, Air, Religion

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• The man who boasts that he habitually tells the truth is simply a man with no respect for it. It is not a thing to be thrown about loosely, like small change; it is something to be cherished and hoarded and disbursed only when absolutely necessary. The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon some lonely ash-dump and a soul roasting in Hell.

  H. L. Mencken

  Lonely, Truth, Lying

  1922 Prejudices, 3rd series, ch.14.

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• I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's making me wear. I've had it with the jokes. I'll break both your noses if it doesn't stop.

  Abbi Glines

  Fun, Stupid, Names

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• Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. Such an emotion would have destroyed him ... His subconscious knew what his min did not guess-that hating them would have consumed him, burned him up like a piece of soft coal, leaving only flakes of ash and a question mark of smoke.

  Toni Morrison

  Hate, Hatred, Leaving

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  Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Perfect, Together, Way

  Chuck Palahniuk (2003). “Diary: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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• I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hurt, Thinking, Giving

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1377, Bantam

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• She had acquired some of his gypsy ways, some of his nonchalance, his bohemian indiscipline. She had swung with him into the disorders of strewn clothes, spilled cigarette ashes, slipping into bed all dressed, falling asleep thus, indolence, timelessness...A region of chaos and moonlight. She liked it there.

  Anais Nin

  Fall, Clothes, Bed

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• True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Fire, Tears, World

  "On the Heights of Despair". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1934.

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• Ash: I know better than to interfere with the natural order, but I couldn't let you die. I didn't want to watch you suffer. Tory: Why would you do that? He led her hand to his face so that she was touching his cheek as he stared at her. His eyes and the pain in them burned her soul deep. Ash: Because I don't feel broken when you look at me.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Eye, Hands

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Acheron”, p.458, Hachette UK

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• She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.

  Oscar Wilde

  Laughter, Pain, Passion

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.49, GENERAL PRESS

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• Can you believe our Ash is getting laid? Our baby is growing up. I'm so proud!

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Baby, Growing Up, Believe

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• Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.

  Jim Butcher

  Couple, Past, Steps

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.16, Penguin

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• Oh, good grief! I’ve never had a man pick me up before and not grunt like he’s dying. I’m in heaven. Marry me, Ash, please! (Pam) I would say yes, but I come with more baggage than even Samsonite can cover. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Grief, Men, Heaven

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.538, Macmillan

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