I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather be a streaming meteor than a sleepy and permanent planet. I would rather burn out in a blaze of streaming glory than be stifled like dry rot. I shall use my time.
I would rather be ashes than dust.
I’m standing in the ashes of who I used to be.
I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory.