Famous quotes containing the words burn, halo, history and/or ashes:
“I’m on my half of the bed,
my face turned away,
and my heart’s now aflame with regret.
So why do you burn my back, too,
with your hot sighs?”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“The drama critic on your paper said my chablis-tinted hair was like a soft halo over wide set, inviting eyes, and my mouth, my mouth was a lush tunnel through which golden notes came.”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)
“As I am, so shall I associate, and so shall I act; Caesar’s history will paint out Caesar.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)