What a strange life I lead- a kind of Cinderella-life-half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same.
I shall show the cinders of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance.
But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot off their ammunition, their numbers have been diminished, their strength and their morale are drained, and possibly their courage has vanished as well. As an organic whole, quite apart from their loss in numbers, they are far from being what they were before the action; and thus the amount of reserves spent is an accurate measure on the loss of morale.
Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is - Love, forgive us! - cinders, ashes, dust.
Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
I knew that I had turned my world back to cinders, sunk my lovely ship with my own stupid, wicked hands.
Some critics are like chimney-sweepers; they put out the fire below, and frighten the swallows from their nests above; they scrape a long time in the chimney, cover themselves with soot, and bring nothing away but a bag of cinders, and then sing from the top of the house as if they had built it.
Desire attained is not desire, But as the cinders of the fire.
Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future.
