“a scattering of schizophrenic first worlders who have long ago burned their brains to ash in the radiant heat of their own imaginings”
“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.”
“you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame;how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”
“if dreams were thunder and lightning was desire this old house would have burned down a long time ago”
“Winter broke off, finally, a long ash crumbling at the end of a cigarette, burned out, weak and emptied.”
“Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.”