One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life.
With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.
Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young.
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke.
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