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Tag Name "Charred" (6)

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PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's 'country' 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate and kill 3) A feeling of exultation experienced when contemplating heaps of charred 'enemy' corpses 4) The first, last, and perennial refuge of scoundrels.
Chaz Bufe
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Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches, And seeing theirs, we for our own destruction weep.
Kathleen Raine
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Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.
Zygmunt Bauman
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I dore not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief, bitter bliss, one hath for a great sin Nathless thou knowest how sweet a thing it is.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.
Jill Scott
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His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.
Marisha Pessl