„Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.“

— Sophie Scholl

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„Love is not a candle burning down. Life is. And love and life are not the same or else Love, having choice, nobody would ever die.“
— Charles Bukowski
„I burn the way money burns.“
— Anne Sexton
„We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it’s gone forever.“
— Haruki Murakami