Flew Quotes
307 quotes by 280 authors
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Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by…
— Leo Tolstoy
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She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of…
— Tanith Lee
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Peter," she whispered and reached out, touching his cheek. "My little Peterbird? You flew back to me.
— Brom
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Boys and girls hid in the library stacks or behind the gym and flew at each other with no promise of love or even kindness,…
— Laura Whitcomb
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High high in the hills , high in a pine tree bed. She's tracing the wind with that old hand, counting the clouds with that…
— Ken Kesey
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As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one…
— Gustave Flaubert
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I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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As if she had summoned them, a flurry of stones flew out of the darkness, striking his mail, pinging off his helm. One hit his…
— Hilari Bell
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One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with an open umbrella--…
— Georgia O'Keeffe
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For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat stone. "What is…
— Virginia Woolf
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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay…
— Barbara Mertz
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Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it…
— James Patterson
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Oh, I can never get enough," he said. "Which, incidentally, is what your sister said to me when - " The carriage door flew open.…
— Cassandra Clare
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My eyes flew open, and I pushed back against rock-hard shoulders. I let out a little squeak of horror. "It's me," said a familiar voice.…
— Charlaine Harris
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Miss Trent regarded her thoughtfully. "Well, it's an odd circumstance, but I've frequently observed that whenever you boast of your beauty you seem to lose…
— Georgette Heyer
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Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and…
— Cassandra Clare
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Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance. Worksheets flew into…
— Rick Riordan
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I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot…
— Demetri Martin
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Why didn’t you wake me up?' 'I thought you could use the rest. Besides, you were sleeping like the dead. You even drooled,' he added.…
— Cassandra Clare
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We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked.
— Honore de Balzac
Who Wrote These Flew Quotes
280 authors contributed a total of 307 Flew Quotes, led by these top contributors: