...Early summer fireflies are beginning to dance above the…

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t…

— Sarah Dessen

“Everything seemed to grow blacker as I sat there, except for the fireflies whose tiny pulsing lights drew arcs through the dark summer air.…

— Ruth Ozeki

Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the…

— Ada Limon

“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”

— Alice Hoffman

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

— Bradley Chicho

“His lips graze my ear and it's like fireflies are buzzing around my heart.”

— Steven dos Santos

I love Prospect Park-watching fireflies at night and going to the bandshell for free music.

— Abbey Lee Kershaw

“If there are fireflies this summer, they do not come down the rue Vauborel. Now it seems there are only shadows and silence. Silence…

— Anthony Doerr

“Bright Idea #91: When the weather's bad and your lights go out, have a pajama party. Eat till you feel sick, hula-hoop, paint your…

— Sandra Kring

“Quentin did not answer, staring at the window; then he could not tell if it was the actual window or the window's pale rectangle…

— William Faulkner

“She went away, and the fireflies, on their electric circuits, fluttered after her like an errant constellation, showing her how to walk in darkness.…

— Ray Bradbury

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.

— Rabindranath Tagore

“As we drove off into the moonless night, raindrops danced through our headlights like the fireflies of my childhood. I silently cursed the frailty…

— Scott Gaille

“Just then, a singly firefly flashes its light, then another. Within a minute the darkness is filled with fireflies, twinkling their silent melody. I…

— Dominique Paul

Grave of the Fireflies” is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list of the…

— Roger Ebert