Way home Quote by Melissa DeCarlo

“And when white moths were on the wing and moth-like stars were flickering out”

— Anonymous

“A receipt blown crazily across the parking lot, was, perhaps, a moth.”

— Rae Armantrout

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

“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could hear crunching…

— Alice Hoffman

Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle

— Rumi

“The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame [...] The moth takes off again, and we both step…

— Mohsin Hamid

“Some big insect flew in and began walking on the table. I don’t know what insect it was, but it was brown, shining, and…

— Saul Bellow

“Starlight played on its swirling surface two hundred paces away. Moths fluttered like flecks of snow fleeing the warm wind. Neither man spoke for…

— Steven Erikson

“Just then, a singly firefly flashes its light, then another. Within a minute the darkness is filled with fireflies, twinkling their silent melody. I…

— Dominique Paul

Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?

— Charles Dickens

“I’ve always preferred moths to butterflies. They aren’t flashy or cocky; they mind their own business and just try to blend in with their…

— Kayla Krantz

“The emptiness of the track stretched out before me and drifted as far as I could see. As no hikers were out tonight, it…

— Carmen Tudor