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It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. He strode in a swarm of fireflies. He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.
— Opening lines of Fahrenheit 451

She was born to set things on fire, and it has become a hobby of hers.
— Flavor quote of Ifrit, Arknights

If you want to part with something,
Then you must incinerate it.
If you never want to see it again,
Let it swim in gasoline!

"Ignusss wishesss to BURN..."'

The craving to ignite, reflects a glowing light
The fire in his eyes is bearing no disguise
Armed with an evil grin, that sparks the flame within
The pyromaniac will burn this town, ignoring all costs
Whiplash, "The Burning of Atlanta"

"BURN! BURN! BURN TO THE GROUND!"
Flame Hyenard, Mega Man X7

"No, that's only half right. I am a thief, from a long line of master thieves. While you... you're just a frustrated firework artist turned homicidal pyromaniac!"

"Things are so much prettier when they burn."
Willow, Don't Starve

"Ah yes... I love the smell of burnt flesh in the morning. It's so refreshing!"
Kagari Vermillions, Gate: For Answered

Know that it would be untrue
Know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
I didn't set your house on fire
But it's just the way I am
Have to take it for a fact
Life can really burn you up
When you're a pyromaniac
The Dead Milkmen, "If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire"

"HIS GIMMICK IS THAT HE REALLY LIKES FIRE!"
Mr. Torgue, referring to Pyro Pete, Borderlands 2

"Preacher likes to set fire to churches, that's his trip. Unfortunately, he does it when there are people inside."
Frank Hawkes, Alone in the Dark (1982)

Trottimus: All right guys, is there anything we can do to improve our situation?
Alsmiffy: Set everything on fire.
Hat Films, Skylands #17

"I set fires to feel joy."
Lilly Onakuramara, Pitch Perfect

The Major: Sgt. Klaus, have you spotted Hellsing?
Sgt. Klaus: Ja Major, driving past Primrose Hill.
The Major: Is it on fire?
Sgt. Klaus: It could be more on fire.

"Break out the butter — I'm gonna make TOAST!"

"How do you wanna die? The quick, incinerating flash of an EXPLOSION!? Or a nice, SLOW BUUURN!?"
Garfield Lynns a.k.a. Firefly, Batman: Arkham Origins

Jaime: You've heard of wildfire?
Brienne: Of course.
Jaime: The Mad King was obsessed with it. He loved to watch people burn, the way their skin blackened and blistered and melted off their bones. He burned lords he didn't like, he burned Hands who disobeyed him, he burned anyone who was against him.

Get the kids and bring a sweater
Dry is good and wind is better
Count the years, you always knew it
Strike a match, go on and do it

Oh, days go by, I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire

Oh, light the sky and hold on tight
The world is burning down

She's out there on her own and she's alright
Sunny came home
Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home"

I remember Sam
He was the village idiot
And though it seems a pity, it
Was so
He loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow
And nothing could be done
Because he was the mayor's son
Songs by Tom Lehrer, "My Home Town",

When I was a child, I'd sit for hours
Staring into open flame
Something in it had a power
Could barely tear my eyes away
Hozier, "Arsonist's Lullabye"

You might say that she's got a problem
Well get in the way and you see how she solves 'em
She's like Picasso with the gasoline
A born fire starter if you know what I mean!
I Fight Dragons, "Burnadette"

You'd think by now
that I would've learned
not to play with fire
if I don't wanna get burned but
I'm a pyromaniac
and your veins are full of gas;
you're burning higher, higher.
I'm storming this wildfire!
Circus-P and Crusher-P, "Wildfire"

"Charlemagne Victor Boshaw here. May as well call me Sharky, though, because we're probably going to be the very best of friends after this. Taking down Peggies with you is going to be a hoot. Oh, yeah, I got skills, too. Mad skills, man. I make my own pyrotechnics, smoke bombs, incendiary rounds. Peggies don't stand a chance, OK? And I can take a blast to the face and keep on trucking. You're gonna want me around when the shit hits the fan. 'Cause when the shit hits the fan, you fight it with fire. Yup, Sharky's joining the resistance."

"Burn! BURN WITH THE LIGHT OF OUR FATHER!"
The Cook, Far Cry 5

"I want you to set a fire so goddamn big, the gods'll notice us again, that's what I'm sayin'. I want all of you boys to be able to look me straight in the eye one more time and say: ARE WE HAVING FUN OR WHAT?"
Top Dollar, The Crow

"You know, Lake Erie actually caught on fire once from all the crap floating around in it. I wish I could've seen that."
T-Bird, The Crow

"The fire makes me feel alive. The day I lost my hands was the greatest day of my life. I had set off my masterwork, my explosive magnum opus. A blistering manifesto of untold carnage and exquisite beauty! Seeing it was like undergoing a rebirth, born from a fiery embrace of a phoenix. Losing a few appendages was a small price to pay."

Melvin: Burn, Pharaoh! Buuurn!
Yami: Look, I'm burning, okay? I can't exactly burn anymore than I'm doing right now.
Melvin: Buuuurrrrrnnn!
Yami: I'm doing it! Jeez!
Melvin: Buuuurrrrrnnnnn!

"You gotta burn down every place you rob?"
Boulder to Matchstick, Give 'Em Hell, Malone

Vivienne: You look like you're trying to convince yourself of something very hard.
Catherine: I'm just saying it's disingenuous to call me a pyromaniac when I have actual pyromaniacs in my employ. It trivializes the word to use it like that. Is that really so hard to understand?
Vivienne: I'm going to pretend you never said that. And hope Hakram fixes whatever is wrong with your... everything.
Catherine: [sigh] Just pour the godsdamned oil.

Cat: [on the radio] I think I'm done clearing this area. How are things going on your end?
Gomorrah: I have an entire tower that looks like a pyre. It's beautiful. I can't tell if the crackle I hear is the building melting or the aliens, but I'm pleased either way.
Cat: Uh. Right, that's... real nice Gomorrah.

"Everything burns."
The Joker, The Dark Knight


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