The air was thick with nostalgia, scented by the bonfire…

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