Flies Quotes

523 Flies quotes by 428 unique authors

The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed… — William Blake
Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies. — Neil Gaiman
It's because when we sneeze, our soul flies out our nose and if no one says 'bless you,' the devil can snatch it. — Kelley Armstrong
In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking about anyone, even in the worst calamity. For really to think about someone… — Albert Camus
Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window. — Simone Elkeles
When love flies it is remembered not as love but as something else. — E. M. Forster
Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it. Evil does not… — Craig Ferguson
[B]ut it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals. The sinews no longer hold the flesh and the bones together, and once… — Homer
I should not have loved my daughter as I did. Not in this world in which nothing lives for long. You children are flies. You… — Lauren DeStefano
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You… — Jeanette Winterson
He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and… — George Orwell
You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something… — Ilona Andrews
Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy. — Jim Henson
We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of… — David Almond
Do you see the Field of Mars, where I walked next to my bride in her white wedding dress, with red sandals in her hands,… — Paullina Simons
The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don! — Robert Jordan
When love flies it is remembered not as love but as something else. Blessed are the uneducated, who forget it entirely, and are never conscious… — E. M. Forster
It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there were too many… — Erin Morgenstern
[The kakapo] is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for… — Douglas Adams
When the star dies, Its eye closes; tired of watching, It flies back to its first bright dream. — Dejan Stojanovic
We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes… — U.G. Krishnamurti
Dor shook his head. “The phrase. What does it mean?” Sarah wondered if he was kidding. “Time flies? You know, like, time goes really fast… — Mitch Albom
Like a feather in a dust storm, with no direction The Raven flies through life, helpless and omitted Until night declares and the wind expires.… — Jessica Sorensen
But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat. "Think of somebody walking around the world.… — Neil Gaiman
When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

Who Wrote These Flies Quotes

428 authors contributed a total of 523 Flies Quotes, led by these top contributors: