Man in the moon Quote by Shinedown

“The sun had folded itself away and the moon was in no hurry to replace it.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Funny, one somehow imagines her snuffing quietly out now, the way the moon would if the sun vanished.”

— Mary Stewart

“There was a woman. An old and contorted woman. And the moon was somehow important. But every other detail fled as soon as she…

— Darcy Coates

“Tell me the story.. About how the sun loved the moon so much.. That she died every night.. Just to let him breathe...”

— Hanako Ishii

“She had been a comet; and her blazing descent through dark skies had been plain for all to see.”

— Susanna Clarke

“Her thoughts were like the moon eclipsing the sun.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“. . . chasing after words like trying to grab the tails of comets.”

— Libba Bray

“Because, honey," she said, "after you've been to the moon, where else is there to go?”

— Fannie Flagg

“The clouds were still bunched up in the sky like a gang on a street corner, and it looked to me like they had…

— Jonathan Lethem

“I looked out again at the rising moon and I let the weight of my day, my week, lift away with the rushing wind…

— Gerry Abbey

“You flew too near the sun and you were scorched.”

— L.P. Hartley

“She sat on a worn wooden bench, and read her book, and nibbled on her sandwich. The air was warm syrup, was literally thick…

— Charles Yu