Destroyer Opened Fire

Famous quotes containing the words destroyer, opened and/or fire:

    There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.
    Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
    Norman Douglas (1868–1952)

    To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession intact. They are not burnt by even the red fire of physical passion—far less by the white fire of love.
    Mary Webb (1881–1927)