--- title: "28 Dragonfly Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 28 Dragonfly quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Dragonfly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kobayashi-issa-24740_dragonflies_reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountai_2629195.jpg" --- > [Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountains/) [Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kobayashi-issa-24740_dragonflies_reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountai_2629195.jpg) > [“Bound by Blood, Marked by the Dragonfly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-akers/bound-by-blood-marked-by-the-dragonfly/) L.L. Akers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/l-l-akers-254888_abuse-survivors_bound-by-blood-marked-by-the-dragonfly-3_3149969.jpg) > [“A Wet Dragonfly Can Fly Again!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaka-jones/a-wet-dragonfly-can-fly-again/) Anaka Jones [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/anaka-jones-218835_dragonfly_a-wet-dragonfly-can-fly-again-2618612_2618612.jpg) > [It's very far away/It takes about a half a day to get there/ If we travel by-dragonfly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimi-hendrix/it-s-very-far-away-it-takes-about-a-half-a-day-to-get-there-if-we/) [Jimi Hendrix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimi-hendrix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/jimi-hendrix-1491_dragonflies_it-s-very-far-away-it-takes-about-a-half_2960516.jpg) > [Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-gabriel-rossetti/deep-in-the-sun-searched-growths-the-dragonfly-hangs-like-a-blue/) [Dante Gabriel Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-gabriel-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/dante-gabriel-rossetti-15776_blue_deep-in-the-sun-searched-growths-the-dra_3136958.jpg) > [“Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munia-khan/despite-its-dark-veins-the-transparency-of-dragonfly-s-wings-assures/) [Munia Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munia-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/munia-khan-1618_clear_despite-its-dark-veins-the-transparency_3116398.jpg) > [“The other day, I tried to remember what was the word for ‘dragonfly’ and couldn’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/the-other-day-i-tried-to-remember-what-was-the-word-for-dragonfly-and/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/donna-tartt-391_dragonfly_the-other-day-i-tried-to-remember-what-w_219306.jpg) > [If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-barnes/if-you-are-old-and-you-wish-to-be-young-again-if-only-for-a-moment/) [Simon Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/simon-barnes-27063_be-young_if-you-are-old-and-you-wish-to-be-young_907421.png) > [Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/their-love-as-a-dragonfly-skimming-over-echo-park-stoppin-to-visit/) [Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/janet-fitch-717_blue_their-love-as-a-dragonfly-skimming-over_2808395.png) > [Smile / to see the lake / lay / the still sky / And / out for an easy / make / the dragonfly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/smile-to-see-the-lake-lay-the-still-sky-and-out-for-an-easy-make-the/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/lorine-niedecker-42137_dragonflies_smile-to-see-the-lake-lay-the-still-sky_3075694.jpg) > [“This little pumpkin pie, beauty she personify, had my heart beat like the wings on a dragonfly I won't deny — The girl was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soroosh-shahrivar/this-little-pumpkin-pie-beauty-she-personify-had-my-heart-beat-like/) [Soroosh Shahrivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soroosh-shahrivar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/soroosh-shahrivar-19222_beautiful_this-little-pumpkin-pie-beauty-she-perso_2118146.jpg) > [When I was two, a dragonfly flew near me. A man knocked it to the ground and trod on it. I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/when-i-was-two-a-dragonfly-flew-near-me-a-man-knocked-it-to-the/) [Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/jane-goodall-950_because_when-i-was-two-a-dragonfly-flew-near-me_2575040.jpg) > [When a dragonfly flutters by, you may not realize, but it's the greatest flier in nature. It can hover, fly backwards, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-schwartzberg/when-a-dragonfly-flutters-by-you-may-not-realize-but-it-s-the/) [Louie Schwartzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-schwartzberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/louie-schwartzberg-31416_backwards_when-a-dragonfly-flutters-by-you-may-not_2232983.jpg) > [“I no longer hated the whining, menacing dragonfly we rode in, but admired its grace as we surged towards the clouds, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosie-pugh/i-no-longer-hated-the-whining-menacing-dragonfly-we-rode-in-but/) [Rosie Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosie-pugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/rosie-pugh-40474_adventure_i-no-longer-hated-the-whining-menacing-d_164224.jpg) > [“the dragonfly symbolizes change in the perspective of self-realization? Change in mental and emotional maturity and in the understanding of the deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-green/the-dragonfly-symbolizes-change-in-the-perspective-of-self/) Stacy Green [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/stacy-green-69000_change_the-dragonfly-symbolizes-change-in-the-p_1229304.jpg) > [This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziggy-marley/this-dragonfly-came-up-to-me-he-was-hovering-right-in-front-of-my/) [Ziggy Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziggy-marley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/ziggy-marley-1830_enlightened_this-dragonfly-came-up-to-me-he-was-hove_2231489.jpg) > [I remember one time watching a bird snatch a dragonfly out of midair and thinking, 'Gee, life can come to an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-larson/i-remember-one-time-watching-a-bird-snatch-a-dragonfly-out-of-midair/) [Gary Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-larson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/gary-larson-8705_bird_i-remember-one-time-watching-a-bird-snat_904413.jpg) > [Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/yesterday-a-child-came-out-to-wonder-caught-a-dragonfly-inside-a-jar/) [Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/joni-mitchell-1160_caught_yesterday-a-child-came-out-to-wonder-cau_2123918.png) > [“I can still only see a dragonfly, its wings as thin and light as silk and its body the color of rainbow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniela-norris/i-can-still-only-see-a-dragonfly-its-wings-as-thin-and-light-as-silk/) [Daniela Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniela-norris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/daniela-norris-50117_dragonfly_i-can-still-only-see-a-dragonfly-its-win_799366.jpg) > [“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-wind-shook-some-blossoms-from-the-trees-and-the-heavy-lilac/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/oscar-wilde-16_flowers_the-wind-shook-some-blossoms-from-the-tr_940515.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munia-khan/wings-are-of-many-kinds-butterfly-s-wings-vulture-s-wings-eagle-wings/) [Munia Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munia-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/munia-khan-1618_ability_wings-are-of-many-kinds-butterfly-s-wing_2052363.jpg) > [The point of the dragonfly's terrible lip, the giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows,is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/the-point-of-the-dragonfly-s-terrible-lip-the-giant-water-bug/) [Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/annie-dillard-509_beautiful_the-point-of-the-dragonfly-s-terrible-li_2256526.jpg) > [“He had been fixed in my memory for so long, glowing but static, like an insect frozen in amber. And then had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/he-had-been-fixed-in-my-memory-for-so-long-glowing-but-static-like-an/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/diana-gabaldon-185_motion-picture_he-had-been-fixed-in-my-memory-for-so-lo_2233942.jpg) > [“A red dragonfly hovers above a backwater of the stream, its wings moving so fast that the eye sees not wings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/a-red-dragonfly-hovers-above-a-backwater-of-the-stream-its-wings/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/neal-stephenson-362_dragonfly_a-red-dragonfly-hovers-above-a-backwater_1659545.png) > [“DRAGONFLY As my feet take hold of the floor I cling to her lips with the kind of intensity that shakes her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luccini-shurod/dragonfly-as-my-feet-take-hold-of-the-floor-i-cling-to-her-lips-with/) [Luccini Shurod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luccini-shurod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/luccini-shurod-16117_dragonfly_dragonfly-as-my-feet-take-hold-of-the-fl_2971012.jpg) > [“Alice stopped walking as a dragonfly hovered close. 'Yellow-winged darter.' The name came to mind of its own accord. She watched as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-morton/alice-stopped-walking-as-a-dragonfly-hovered-close-yellow-winged/) [Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/kate-morton-805_alice-edevane_alice-stopped-walking-as-a-dragonfly-hov_590620.png) > [“From his bedroom window on the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Nathaniel Dixon watched in awe at the four-ship formation of V-22…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-marker/from-his-bedroom-window-on-the-marine-corps-base-in-quantico/) [Jonathan Marker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-marker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/jonathan-marker-60095_dragonfly_from-his-bedroom-window-on-the-marine-co_1071391.jpg) > [“Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over Echo Park, stopping to visit the lotus. They weren't going to be like everyone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/their-love-as-a-dragonfly-skimming-over-echo-park-stopping-to-visit/) [Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/janet-fitch-717_blue-sky_their-love-as-a-dragonfly-skimming-over_1579988.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dragonfly/#itemlist", "name": "Dragonfly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kobayashi Issa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountains/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kobayashi-issa-24740_dragonflies_reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountai_2629195.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kobayashi-issa-24740_dragonflies_reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountai_2629195.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kobayashi-issa-24740_dragonflies_reflected-in-the-dragonfly-s-eye-mountai_2629195.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.” — Kobayashi Issa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bound by Blood, Marked by the Dragonfly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "L.L. 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