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- Nov 07, 2020
Ashes Quotes
What survives the burning, and what doesn't.
This collection ranges from the literal, the theory that Hiroshima's heat turned people to ash almost instantly, to the figurative, a new identity rising out of the ashes of an old, publicly lost one.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Heat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought I had a difficult childhood 'til I saw the film 'Angela's Ashes'.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rarely, if ever, had another book in mind while I was writing the previous book. Each book starts from ashes, really.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.
- Nov 07, 2020
Dear friends of Haiti, we are indeed on the right track. Slowly but surely we are rising from the ashes.
- England
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trent Bridge, 2013, is my favourite Test. An Ashes opener and England won a thriller by 14 runs. I managed to take ten wickets, which helps.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard a lot about Ian Botham's Ashes, in 1981. Everybody still talks about his performance.
- Nov 07, 2020