Famous quotes containing the words embers and/or conclusion:
“I stay a little longer, as one stays,
To cover up the embers that still burn.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)