Moths Quotes

111 quotes by 101 authors

And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets… — Clinton Scollard
Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws like moths, jewelled… — Doris Lessing
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. — Saint John Chrysostom
Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis. — Annie Proulx
Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect. — Annie Besant
It is not always the most brilliant speculations nor the choice of the most exotic materials that is most profitable. I prefer Monsieur de Reaumur… — Noel-Antoine Pluche
The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Life is a frail moth flying Caught in the web of the years that pass. — Sara Teasdale
I like the 'Moth' podcast a lot. I listen to that. — Gillian Jacobs
The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost. — Emile M. Cioran
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising,… — Rene Magritte
Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this blossom… — George Iles
Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame. — Calvin Miller
What a moth might see from birth to death if black were white and white were black, — Stan Brakhage
The [peppered-moth] experiments show the effects of predation on the survival of the dark and of the normal forms of the Peppered Moth in a… — L. Harrison Matthews
Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the original… — Thomas Brooks
Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy — Warsan Shire
Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all… — John Clare
Remember Killer Moth, the most ingenuous rogue ever to defy the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin ?Perhaps you recall how the weird beam from the… — Bob Kane
The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole. — A. R. Ammons

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