Famous quotes containing the words burnt and/or alive:
“People who are always praising the past
And especially the times of faith as best
Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages
And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.”
—Stevie Smith (1902–1971)
“For we saw him throw to the swift flood
A girl alive with his hooks through her lips....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)