--- title: "10 Cicada Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Cicada quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Cicada sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/michael-prescott-56658_quote_somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-w_2066129.jpg" --- > [“Somewhere a cicada conversed irritably with the night, then fell silent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-prescott/somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-with-the-night-then-fell-silent/) [Michael Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-prescott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/michael-prescott-56658_quote_somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-w_2066129.jpg) > [Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matsuo-basho/calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-penetrates-the-rock/) [Matsuo Basho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matsuo-basho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/matsuo-basho-7207_calm_calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-pe_1488061.jpg) > [“Nothing in the voice of the cicada intimates how soon it will die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/nothing-in-the-voice-of-the-cicada-intimates-how-soon-it-will-die/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/j-d-salinger-560_soon_nothing-in-the-voice-of-the-cicada-intim_2112603.png) > [“Of the many forms that silence takes, the most memorable is the dry husk of the cicada.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-davis/of-the-many-forms-that-silence-takes-the-most-memorable-is-the-dry/) [Jon Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/jon-davis-249924_poetry_of-the-many-forms-that-silence-takes-the_2190222.jpg) > [Again and again, the cicada's untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/again-and-again-the-cicada-s-untiring-cry-pierced-the-sultry-summer/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/yukio-mishima-1418_air_again-and-again-the-cicada-s-untiring-cr_488314.jpg) > [“. . . Like ashes of gold in a cinnamon-flame, My youthful desires have been burnt with the years– And tonight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haoran-meng/like-ashes-of-gold-in-a-cinnamon-flame-my-youthful-desires-have-been/) [Haoran Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haoran-meng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/haoran-meng-193539_age_like-ashes-of-gold-in-a-cinnamon-flame-m_1911609.jpg) > [“The shade melted away as the sun climbed into its zenith. All colors were now covered in stone dust. The only vigorous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-voinov/the-shade-melted-away-as-the-sun-climbed-into-its-zenith-all-colors/) [Aleksandr Voinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-voinov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/aleksandr-voinov-2845_insipirational_the-shade-melted-away-as-the-sun-climbed_414100.jpg) > [The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isak-dinesen/the-cicada-sing-an-endless-song-in-the-long-grass-smells-run-along/) [Isak Dinesen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isak-dinesen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/isak-dinesen-3174_cicadas_the-cicada-sing-an-endless-song-in-the-l_1878871.jpg) > [“That’s the river up there. We’ll likely have to spend the night.’’ He slid me a curious glance. ‘‘I never asked whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-macalister/that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-have-to-spend-the-night-he/) [Katie MacAlister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-macalister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/katie-macalister-2622_animals_that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-h_69226.jpg) > [“The cicada lies in the earth for seventeen years. It is warm and dark there, it is soft and wet. Its little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/the-cicada-lies-in-the-earth-for-seventeen-years-it-is-warm-and-dark/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/catherynne-m-valente-375_dreams_the-cicada-lies-in-the-earth-for-sevente_25470.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cicada/#itemlist", "name": "Cicada Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Somewhere a cicada conversed irritably with the night, then fell silent.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Prescott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-prescott/somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-with-the-night-then-fell-silent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/michael-prescott-56658_quote_somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-w_2066129.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/michael-prescott-56658_quote_somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-w_2066129.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/michael-prescott-56658_quote_somewhere-a-cicada-conversed-irritably-w_2066129.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Somewhere a cicada conversed irritably with the night, then fell silent.” — Michael Prescott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matsuo Basho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matsuo-basho/calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-penetrates-the-rock/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/matsuo-basho-7207_calm_calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-pe_1488061.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/matsuo-basho-7207_calm_calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-pe_1488061.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/matsuo-basho-7207_calm_calm-and-serene-the-sound-of-a-cicada-pe_1488061.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.” — Matsuo Basho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nothing in the voice of the cicada intimates how soon it will die.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. 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We’ll likely have to spend the night.’’ He slid me a curious glance. ‘‘I never asked whether you liked roughing it. I suppose now would be a good time, eh?’’ ‘‘Cyrene wouldn’t be caught dead camping, not for the largest lake in the world, but I have nothing against nature.’’ A large cicada flew in through the window and smacked me on the face. Startled, I instantly shadowed and batted frantically at my face. It buzzed upward, into my hair. I shrieked and tried to cram my upper half out of the window in an attempt to dislodge the beastly thing. Gabriel drove with one hand while plucking the large bug off the top of my head. He held it in front of me, one eyebrow raised as I deshadowed. ‘‘All right, perhaps I would have never made it as a Girl Scout, but you can’t judge me by my reaction to being assaulted by a large, hairy bug. I like animals. On the whole. And they like me. I just don’t like them flying into my face intent on making me look bad in front of you.’’ The cicada made an odd little chirping sound, just as if it was agreeing with me. Gabriel laughed and tossed it out of the window”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katie MacAlister" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-macalister/that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-have-to-spend-the-night-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/katie-macalister-2622_animals_that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-h_69226.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/katie-macalister-2622_animals_that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-h_69226.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/katie-macalister-2622_animals_that-s-the-river-up-there-we-ll-likely-h_69226.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That’s the river up there. 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It knows nothing but its own passion to ascend - it climbs a high stalk of grass and begins to sing, its special concerto to draw the wing-pattern of its beloved near. And as it sings it leaves its amber skin behind, so that in the end, it has sung itself into a new body in which it will mate, and die. The cicadas leave their shells everywhere, like a child's lost buttons. The shells do not understand the mating dance that now occurs in the mountains above it. The shell knows nothing of who it has been, it does not remember the dreaming of self, that was warm in the earth. The song emptied it, and now it simply waits for the wind or the rain to carry it away. You are the cicada-in-the-earth. You are the shell-in-the-grass. You do not understand what you dream, only that you dream. And when you begin to sing, the song will separate you from your many skins. This is the lesson of the cicada's dream.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherynne M. 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