Fiction with its big question of ‘what if?’ is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Once upon a time, the ability to light a fire was fictitious.

That which abides the fire shall become clean. The water of separation shall purify. The Lord is a consuming fire. That which can’t abide the fire shall go through water.

The problem in the White House is everybody there’s got a huge job and they all take incoming fire all day.

Henry,” said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, “if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit down and eat your supper. And say hello to our...

As to my mouth, of all my features, I wish I could possess my mouth again, just as it had been before the fire. I had my mother’s lips, generous below and above; and what...

I’m not trying to avoid you,’ I replied lamely, but what else could I say? Sorry Brae but when I first came down to meet you I had no idea how hard it was going...

A boy and a girl, fated to rule all. Two will rise, and One will fall.

Every tree in the forest has a story to tell. Some of them were burnt but they endured the fire and got revived; some of them were cut, their barks injured, some people pick up...

LET’S GO BACK HOMEI can’t think about you,Without smiling.What I wouldn’t give,To go back there,Take you in my arms,Kiss you, And tell you,”I still love you.”It’s been three decades now,And still your smile’s with me,Your...

We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the...

If it was the warmth of the sun, and not its light, that produced this operation, it would follow, that, by warming the water near the fire about as much as it would have been...

I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods...

One person sustained facial burns and 30 were displaced by the fire.

In this story of the outside world and the inside world with a fire between, the outside world of little screwups recedes now for a few hours to be taken over by the inside world...

Part of avoiding thoughts about something was not encouraging opportunities for that something to makes itself felt.

What man can hate or love well when he is drugged?

Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.

Our intent is for an indefinite period, … This definitely is a positive development and validates Pakistan’s call for cease-fire along the Line of Control.

… the house is on fire, but go ahead – finish painting the verandah…

The glory of fame isn’t in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it’s like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth.

We think of it as a ladder effect, and the fire can quickly move up into the crowns of the trees. That’s when the wildfires move really fast.

Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will be charred: she will die an agonizing death. Never again will you have...

I locked the door and turned on the water to fill the tub. I made it so hot that I had to get in real slow. I wanted it to hurt; wanted my outside to...

It was one of those cases that we always warn hunters about that you never fire if you don’t know where that slug is going to end up.

Ice is most welcome in a cold drink on a hot day.But in the heart of winter, you want a warm hot mug with your favorite soothing brew to keep the chill away.When you don’t...

The Moth don’t care when he sees The Flame. He might get burned, but he’s in the game. And once he’s in, he can’t go back, he’ll Beat his wings ’til he burns them black…...

O bid these strangers go ;Turn to my lips till their cup overflow ;Hurt me with kisses, kill me with desire,Consume me and destroy me with the fireOf bleeding passion straining at the heart,Touched to...

If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days....

The causal chain of this fire is quite complex, … I would liken it to what happens on a mountainside when a rock is dislodged, starts rolling down a hill, pretty soon there are more...

…then the rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into that blackness of darkness, seemed the material counterpart of her monomaniac commander’s soul.

The Janus-like nature of innovation – its responsible use and so on – was evident at the very birth of human ingenuity, when humankind first discovered how to make fire on demand.

Saying his workers would subsidize enhanced payments for police and fire, I think that is very false.

Be kind! Go and burn the world with the fire of your love.

The headline read, Man Saves Child From Burning House, and I just have to ask: Why did that kid want to burn down the house?

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

It’s not lit, it’s literature. Lit is something a book can be, after you’ve decided to burn it. (I suggest you start the fire with my book.)

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.

He’s more natural looking than the others with his footwork and they threw him in the fire and he did pretty well. And Coach (Pete) Carroll likes long, tall corners.

Great! He has indigestion, so let’s torture him with cake.

I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is unpatriotic. I believe a patriot stands up and holds your government’s feet to...

There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire

Of all the fire mountains which like beacons, once blazed along the Pacific Coast, Mount Rainier is the noblest.

They had kicked the door in. Evidently they had set the pulpit on fire and went out the front door.

I don’t think anybody here expected him to come out on fire, to lead this team with passing. I think it’s a process. It’s a process we anticipated when we made the change and he’s...

I had a dream about you painting the scene of a house fire. The clocks were melting and Salvador Dali was riding around in a clown car muttering something about irony.

i want to love you with simple,like a bare singular matchstick.onestroketo ignitewith no words spokenby the heated flames of the timber of crimsoned scarlet fire.as it crackleswith closeseparationentangled with the intimacy of firefly asheschoosing to...

We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position.

But clouds bellied out in the sultry heat, the sky cracked open with a crimson gash, spewed flame-and the ancient forest began to smoke. By morning there was a mass of booming, fiery tongues, a...

I was a child of privilege and I woke up to a world on fire.

The thing about fires most people don’t realise is the noise. It’s deafening so even if you shout, you can’t be heard three feet away. You can never quite get used to the fury of...