You ought to save them for baby’s birthdays. Oh, I hope candles are going to glow in his life and I hope that his eyes are going to be like candles, like two blue candles lighted in a white cake!
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 8. When Stella starts lighting candles on Blanche’s birthday cake, her sister suggests that they save them for Stella’s baby’s birthdays. In a simile, she expresses the hope that new baby nephew’s life will be filled with the light of hope and happiness ahead for him – "like candles." She doesn’t want the baby to turn out like her.