Flames

Famous quotes containing the word flames:

“As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
So did I weave myself into the sense.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“Lust gratifies its flames in the chambers of the sacristans more often than in the houses of ill-fame.”
—Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.)

“Kick up the fire, and let the flames break loose
To drive the shadows back;
Prolong the talk on this or that excuse....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)