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• And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a… — 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… — 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… — Annie Besant
• It is not always the most brilliant speculations nor the choice of the most exotic materials that is most profitable. I prefer… — Unknown Author
• The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere… — 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… — 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… — George Iles

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