"The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come…" — James Russell Lowell

More Fireflies Quotes

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• Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine. — Arthur Schopenhauer
• Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off… — Lewis Thomas
• Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash. — Ron Pope
• Events are the ephemera of history; they pass across its stage like fireflies, hardly glimpsed before they settle back into… — Fernand Braudel
• Grave of the Fireflies” is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on… — Roger Ebert
• The past is beautiful / like the darkness between the fireflies. — Mason Jennings
• There is a place where time stands still ...illuminated by only the most feeble red light, for light is diminished… — Alan Lightman
• Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some fireflies, wonder how they have the power… — Peter Frampton
• My fancies are fireflies Specks of living light twinkling in the dark. — Rabindranath Tagore
• IsnÂ’t it strange some people make You feel so tired inside, Your thoughts begin to shrivel up Like leaves all… — Rachel Field
• Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark. — Leonard Bishop
• Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved. — Amy Lowell

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