Famous quotes containing the words set and/or match:
“One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“Auden, MacNeice, Day Lewis, I have read them all,
Hoping against hope to hear the authentic call . . .
And know the explanation I must pass is this
MYou cannot light a match on a crumbling wall.”
—Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)