Bion of Smyrna on flames
Bion of Smyrna1 quotes“Happy is love or friendship when returned– The lovers whose pure flames have equal burned.”
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.
Benedict Joseph LabreBenedict Joseph Labre That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my head with tremendous speed, and made me feel dizzy. It was beautiful. Everything that happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimoto Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat.
Terence McKennaTerence McKenna It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
TacitusTacitus The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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