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“I have long been of the Opinion, says he, that the Fire was a vast Blessing and the Plague likewise; it gave us Occasion to understand the Secrets of Nature which otherwise might have overwhelm'd u...”
“Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.”
“I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.”“Just thought you’d come nosing around, did you?” Harry shouted. He knew that Ron had no idea what he’d walke...”
“The dove descending breaks the airWith flame of incandescent terrorOf which the tongues declareThe one discharge from sin and error.The only hope, or else despairLies in the choice of pyre or pyre-...”
“There isn't a simple person anywhere in this world.”
“You cannot measure love by a scale of degrees.”
“Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.”
“Circumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.”
“Not all sons were like their fathers. A son chose the man he would be.Not all daughters were like their fathers. A daughter monster chose the monster she would be.”
“He envied the bark, which had been, in the course of one lifetime, both forest and fire. One endured; one destroyed.”
“The Pavilion did not burn by lightening," she said.He hesitated again. "It holds the memory of fire," he said at last. "Lightening is young and strong and thoughtless, but it could also wish to vis...”
“As soon as I turned the key I saw it hanging, the color of fire and sunset. the colour of flamboyant flowers. ‘If you are buried under a flamboyant tree, ‘ I said, ‘your soul is lifted up when it f...”
“She wouldn't ask. Didn't want to know what manner of thing might crawl toward a fire.”
“Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire,” Solo says before adding quietly, “Usually an electrical fire near the hyperspace drive, which Chewie always warns me about…”
“Why, after all, did she do these things? Why seek pinnacles and stand drenched in fire? Might it consume her anyhow! Burn her to cinders! Better anything, better brandish one's torch and hurl it to...”
“I must freeze my heart to the one person who insists on setting it ablaze.”
“In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles.”
“I’ll see you later,” I murmured.“Yeah.” Our foreheads pressed together. Our lips lingered half an inch apart. Thin ropes of dark hair hung over his forehead as sweat glistened across his face in th...”
“A smile curved the corners of his mouth under the dust-and soot-covered visor. “You’re crying? I answered his question with my tear-stricken gaze.“I’m not going anywhere.” He reached his hand out a...”
“I’m not leaving him, Sam! And I’m not waiting for the others to help.”
