Firelord Quotes

“The day comes when love means something beyond a reflection of ourselves, when there is more behind than ahead and the house of mind is haunted in every chamber with old songs, old ghosts, old hopes.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“Part of what we are is whom we’ve loved.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“There’s not a stone or leaf or life that men won’t put a name to. It gives them a nice safe box to collect things in. They get in the habit of collecting things and end up surprised at the weight they’re carrying. A dream they thought might fit someday, something bright and sweet like a woman, picked up for her shine and somehow never left or at least never forgotten. Or an ambition! There’s a fine item in any man’s bag. A great, glowing ambition. They never fade, never wear even when you’ve outgrown them. Always there to look at and remember and play might-have-been.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“Where do the strong go to be weak?”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“I know why men lose sight of the face of God: because it is so close.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“You go through it like a dark room, you sweat, you fear, the fear passes, you come out of it and utter nothing but meaningless words about what you saw or felt.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“Perhaps a moment comes when must is to tired to fight and want breaks free to cry I am just once before the sun goes down.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“And youth, though they see every day the cradle and grave shaped so alike, never believe death will happen to them. I told you it was a comedy.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“A while ago in real-time you saw the eagles. And you wished.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord

“We play very dangerous games with life and no one knows our rules.”
― Parke Godwin, Firelord