Dark Quote by James Montgomery

“Butterfly alights, whispers to the firefly, "Night's canvas awaits." Firefly twinkles, responds with soft luminescence, "We'll paint it with light." Butterfly flutters, "Your glow…

— Monika Ajay Kaul

Some feelings are quite untranslatable; no language has yet been found for them. They gleam upon us beautifully through the dim twilight of fancy,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Glow-worms on the ground are moving, As if in the torch-dance circling.

— Heinrich Heine

“They that have beauty, let them be thankful for it, and make a good use of it, let them console themselves, and do the…

— Anne Brontë

“After they hatch, they can get distracted by bright and artificial lights and instead of meeting their destiny, they are lured to their deaths.”

— Natasha Boyd

The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special. But at…

— Lisa Kleypas

We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar's body begin…

— Anonymous

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how? The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair; I wake to sleep, and take…

— Theodore Roethke

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

— Jan Karon

And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel…

— John Buchan

“She rides the sandworm of space! She guides through all storms Into the land of gentle winds. Though we sleep by the snake's den,…

— Frank Herbert

One night, a group of moths gathered on a shelf watching a burning candle. Puzzled by the nature of the light, they sent one…

— Anonymous