flamewards

Updated: May 14, 2025

Though he had fluttered flamewards now and again, though he had shown some moth-like aptitudes, he had not shown himself to be a downright, foolish, blind-eyed moth, determined to burn himself to a cinder as a moth should do. And she; she was weak. Having her opportunity at command, she went away and left him, because she did not know what more to say.

Anthony Trollope - John Caldigate