“Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them”
African Proverb
“Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust, Atom to Atom, Returning to the ONE.”
Wake Up! Message
“Charlie got this sly look on his face, ... And then he said, 'I want you to put my ashes on all the original 315 peaks I climbed.'”
Richard Kane
“So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.”
Bible
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Jack London
“The little dog lay curled and did not rise But slept the deeper as the ashes rose, And found the people incomplete”
Richard Wilbur
“Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a forgotten ember, still smoldering down there, still hot, still glowing, still red as red.”
William Manchester
