Candle Quotes - Page 29

• The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.

  Algernon Blackwood

  Light, Preparation, Firsts

  Algernon Blackwood (2015). “The Wolves of God: Blackwood Collections”, p.146, 谷月社

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• I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Light, Lovely, Ends

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• I'm very romantic when I masturbate. Sometimes I light a candle...then I try and shoot it out. It's like a carnival.

  Dave Attell

  Light, Trying, Sometimes

  "Skanks for the Memories". Comedy album, February 4, 2003.

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• My heroes have always been the hardworking and unflappable. Those who light a candle rather than curse the darkness.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Hero, Light, Darkness

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• I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms.

  Mary J. Blige

  Tea, Singing, Needs

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• These blessed candles of the night.

  William Shakespeare

  Blessed, Night, Merchant Of Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 220

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• When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.

  George R. R. Martin

  Lost Love, Sunset, Dawn And Dusk

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1601, Bantam

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• What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Hurt, Darkness

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.50, Penguin UK

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• It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.

  Sophie Scholl

  People, Torches, Doe

  As quoted in "O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith" by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, (p. 63), 2008.

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• Now, near the Winter Solstice, it is good to light candles. All the nice meanings of bringing light to the world can be beautiful. But perhaps we are concentrating on lighting the world because we don't know how to light up our own lives.

  Ralph Levy

  Beautiful, Nice, Winter

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  There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Recovery, Dark

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

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