Flickering Quotes

“There are those of poor spirit and there are those of great spirit. None are without it but the flame flickers pretty low in some cases. The majority of people seem to be nothing but a little flickering flame. You know that when you match them against an individual who is all fire, all radiance. Those in whom the flame of the spirit runs high are extraordinary examples of human beings.”

“When his flock thronged into the midnight service, there was wonder on every face at the newly hung greens and the softly flickering candles on each windowsill. To the simple beauty of the historic church was added fresh, green hope, the lush scent of flowers in winter, and candle flame that cast its flickering shadows over the congregation like a shawl.”

“The gentle pulsing and flickering of stars and nebulae made a kind of music, a sweet easy mesh of whispered tones and sighing harmonies that held him in its force like the earth [holding] the moon.”

“Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb?”

“Faith, he had learned that night in front of the flickering television, was most glorious when it was most untouched by reason.”

“Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.”

“As with writing by candlelight, one’s greatest ideas come from ‘the flickering’ between darkness and light.”

“The flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other’s reading to share a casual delight.”

“Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.”