Fire
On 29 May 2002, a fire destroyed the warehouse of Belles Lettres broadcast distribution to Gasny (Eure). More than three million books burned. A reprint of the works program was immediately launched. Almost all books have been reprinted, enjoying the passage of bibliographic corrections or additions.
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Famous quotes containing the word fire:
“Is not prayer also a study of truth,—a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily, without learning something. But when a faithful thinker, resolute to detach every object from personal relations, and see it in the light of thought, shall, at the same time, kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections, then will God go forth anew into creation.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)