Amusing Quote by Gail Carriger

“She wondered if the immortal's avoidance of life's ugliness was a matter of survival or bigotry. Lord Akeldama did so love to know all…

— Gail Carriger

“In the quarter where the sun should have appeared, the sky was covered by a strange reddish cloud, like smoke, like hot ashes, like…

— Alejo Carpentier

“There seemed a deep sense of life and joy about all; and although no airs blew from out the Heavens, yet everything had motion…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“In my world travels, I saw a good many varieties of butterflies. They’re incredibly delicate creatures, but they shouldn’t be underestimated. Observing them as…

— Lorraine Heath

the cold winds of insecurity... hadn't shredded the dreamy chrysalis of his childhood. He was still immersed in the dim, wet wonder of the…

— Harold Brodkey

“As Ariel recounted the events of her dream, two magnificent, batlike wings grew from the backs of her shoulders, stretched as if preparing to…

— Don A. Martinez

“Minutes passed by. A little blue butterfly landed on my nose. I blinked at it and it fluttered to my ear. A big yellow…

— Ilona Andrews

“Butterflies... not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures”

— Elizabeth Goudge

Why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse?

— Henry David Thoreau

“Ariel contributed nothing to the speculation, instead crossing his arms one over the other. The action recalled his butterfly familiars from the skies, and…

— Lisa Mantchev

“Of which those butterflies Of Earth, who seek the skies, And so come down again (Never-contented things!)”

— Edgar Allan Poe

Butterflies can't see their wings. So they'll never know how beautiful they are. But everyone else can.

— Maggie