A Wet Dragonfly Can Fly Again!

“I can still only see a dragonfly, its wings as thin and light as silk and its body the color of rainbow. But on…

— Daniela Norris

“I no longer hated the whining, menacing dragonfly we rode in, but admired its grace as we surged towards the clouds, the lights of…

— Rosie Pugh

Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at…

— Joni Mitchell

“This little pumpkin pie,
beauty she personify,
had my heart beat like the wings on a dragonfly I won't deny — The girl was breathtaking!
Had me…

— Soroosh Shahrivar

“Wings are of many kinds. Butterfly's wings, vulture's wings, eagle-wings, spread wings of white swans, dragonfly's serene wings, wings of albatross, lovely wings of…

— Munia Khan

“A red dragonfly hovers above a backwater of the stream, its wings moving so fast that the eye sees not wings in movement but…

— Neal Stephenson

“Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over Echo Park, stopping to visit the lotus. They weren't going to be like everyone else, they were…

— Janet Fitch

“the dragonfly symbolizes change in the perspective of self-realization? Change in mental and emotional maturity and in the understanding of the deeper meaning of…

— Stacy Green

“From his bedroom window on the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Nathaniel Dixon watched in awe at the four-ship formation of V-22 Ospreys chewing…

— Jonathan Marker

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid…

— Oscar Wilde

If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.

— Simon Barnes

I remember one time watching a bird snatch a dragonfly out of midair and thinking, 'Gee, life can come to an end - crunch!…

— Gary Larson

“Alice stopped walking as a dragonfly hovered close. 'Yellow-winged darter.' The name came to mind of its own accord. She watched as the insect…

— Kate Morton

“The other day, I tried to remember what was the word for ‘dragonfly’ and couldn’t.”

— Donna Tartt

This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does…

— Ziggy Marley