NOT UNTIL I MET YOUNot until I felt your sunshine,Did I realize that I had been in the shade.Not until I saw all your colors,Did I realize that mine had faded.Not until I heard your dreams,Did I realize that I was still sleeping.And not until I experienced my life with you,Did I realize that I was barelyBreathing.

— Suzy Kassem

She was the most beautiful, terrible thing he'd ever seen, like an acetylene flame, an incandescent filament, a fallen star right in front of him.

— Lev Grossman

Alone in the dark, the Creator lights a flame of fire, to guide my path.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Stars ink your fingerswith a lexicon of flameblazing rare knowledge.

— Aberjhani

The Moth don't care when he sees The Flame. He might get burned, but he's in the game. And once he's in, he can't go back, he'll Beat his wings 'til he burns them black... No, The Moth don't care when he sees The Flame. . .The Moth don't care if The Flame is real, 'Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal. And nothing fuels a good flirtation, Like Need and Anger and Desperation... No, The Moth don't care if The Flame is real. . .

— Aimee Mann

Cigarette kisses the flame. But the mouth kisses the woman. (Cigarette embrasse la flamme. - Mais la bouche embrasse la femme.).

— Charles de Leusse

Wounds are inspirations to make us stronger than the sun which blazes the day to be longer.

— Munia Khan

Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!

— Shannon L. Alder

Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed vil­lages, kid­napped princesses.

— Leah Raeder

Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who writes to escape the tediousness of that which awaits them outside? Whose flame will last longer?

— Roman Payne