Candle

Candle

A candle is a solid block of wax with an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat, and historically as a method of keeping time.

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Famous quotes containing the word candle:

    “What did you do with your fear,
    later? Through the years of humiliation,
    of paranoia and blackmail and near-starvation, losing
    the love of those you loved, one after another,
    parents, lovers, children, idolized friends, what kept
    compassion’s candle alight in you....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Make a candle to get light; read a book to get enlightened.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “A candle in the thighs
    Warms youth and seed and burns the seeds of age;”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)