“[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent. [Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.”— Paolo Giordano, amazon.com
“I feel like this long string of lights. They lit up our whole house on christmas day. But now it's January and the bulbs have all burned out, But still they hang. Like dead flowers.”— Miranda Lambert, youtube.com