Moth Quotes

76 quotes by 71 authors

It is in the twenties that the actual momentum of life begins to slacken, and it is a simple soul indeed to whom as many… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even as I did… — Virginia Woolf
The moth settled onto the curtain and sat still. It was an astonishing creature, with black and white wings patterned in geometric shapes, scarlet underwings,… — Barbara Kingsolver
Moth, that wasn't very nice. — Michael Buckley
What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thought; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations… — Logan Pearsall Smith
Be the flame, not the moth. — Giacomo Casanova
At first we raced through space, like shadows and light; her rants, my raves; her dark hair, my blonde; black dresses, white. She's a purple-black… — Francesca Lia Block
...what the Man-Moth fears most he must do.. — Elizabeth Bishop
Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his… — Sarah Monette
Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed. — Daniel Handler
She was clean": no piercings, tattoos, or scarifications. All the kids were now. And who could blame them, Alex thought, after watching three generations of… — Jennifer Egan
I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilmentâ€¦ — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Our Father who art in nature, who has given the gift of survival to the coyote, the common brown rat, the English sparrow, the house… — John Steinbeck
Moth to a flame I follow. — Karen Marie Moning
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdain'd For thee to disdain it. One hope too like… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
He felt all at once like an ineffectual moth, fluttering at the windowpane of reality, dimly seeing it from outside. — Philip K. Dick
Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle — Rumi
Her lips were drawn to his like a moth to a flame. — Anya Seton
Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but… — Anne Sexton
Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye… — Nick Cave

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