Quote by Yōko Tawada Download Open image ““All the eyes flew away from me like mayflies, I couldn't catch a single one”” — Yōko Tawada ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“together they watched the fireflies twinkle in and out like hopes in the darkness.” — Elizabeth Chadwick Copy Share Image
“If you’re an insect, then you’re a mayfly. Here for a day and then gone.” — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“I was rolling my eyes so hard that I was sure one of my retinas had just detached itself” — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
“As we drove off into the moonless night, raindrops danced through our headlights like the fireflies of my childhood. I silently cursed the frailty of happiness and doubted whether it ever existed for me. I could remember happier times, though, and those memories fluttered about my mind like fireflies, beckoning with their elusive splendor. But chasing memories held no more… — Scott Gaille Copy Share
“My eyes flickered when I heard the Voice inside my head. (You mean you don’t have one? You can get ‘em at Target.)” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“The most terrifying part was that the evil dwelling in those eyes could've gone unnoticed by many.” — Sidney Knight Copy Share Image
“Your mind sees more than what your eyes see. your sense of sight can make your fancy fly. there's more to sight than meets… — Figment Copy Share Image
“In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back. I struck… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Fuck the stars, I thought when my eyes fell back to the girl beside me. The only one worthy of my attention. Of my… — Tillie Cole Copy Share Image
“Time could not be compared with any sort of food: nibble at it as greedily as you liked, there was never any less of… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“After the death of all living creatures, all our unfulfilled wishes and unspoken words will go on drifting in the stratosphere, they will combine… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“Some humans claim to be made in God's image - what an insult to God. There are, however, in the northern reaches of our… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“IT isn't good to talk much about the weather - weather is a highly personal matter” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I instantly recognized his true masculinity in the fact that he had no cavities.” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“At that moment, the thing Knut had been perceiving as "time" melted away. Because starting with this moment, he no longer had any time… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I always feel myself being thrust back into loneliness when someone tells me it's cold on a hot day. It isn't good to talk… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“minorities granted a crumb of political autonomy in exchange for providing an optical simulation of cultural diversity in their country of residence” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I was afraid of being annihilated on account of saying no: those who refuse to fulfill their duties lose their right to exist.” — Yoko Tawada Copy Share Image
“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
