“He envied the bark, which had been, 
                                                              in the course of one lifetime,
                                                                                   both forest and fire.

                            One endured; one destroyed.”

kingxfthejungle:

             if someone thinks they have the upper hand

                                                         break it

juxtapositiion:

“ We came into the world like brother and brother,
And now let’s go hand in hand, not  ^ONE  before  _ANOTHER. ”
— William Shakespeare