Quotes about Flies

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I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more deli — John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and — Gemma Malley, The Declaration
She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies — Lisa Genova, Still Alice
Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. — Ellen DeGeneres, The Funny Thing Is...
The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity. — George Carlin
Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Drosophila,” I said, remembering the word.“What?” Lily asked.“Why do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span — Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
I tell of hearts and souls and dances...Butterflies and second chances;Desperate ones and dreamers bound,Seeking life fr — Karen Kingsbury, Oceans Apart
We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis. — LeeAnn Taylor
Dad?" Jesus asked."Yes, son?" God replied."Do we still have any wrapping paper?" Jesus asked."No, we don't. I used it al — Anthony T. Hincks
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings. — William Shakespeare
You are so young, Lyra, too young to understand this, but I shall tell you anyway and you'll understand it later: men pa — Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies. — Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
(Parody that is often falsely believed to be a true quote of Mariah Carey's) Whenever I watch TV and see those poor star — MAD Magazine
To fully encapsulate my creativity, I read to inhale, write to exhale. The whole process helps me breathe story. — Ace Antonio Hall, Lord of the Flies: Fitness for Writers
a flower knows, when its butterfly will return, and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand;but now it hurts, to — Sanober Khan
A fallen blossomreturning to the bough, I thought --But no, a butterfly. — Arakida Moritake, Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology
Fireflies in the GardenBy Robert Frost 1874–1963 Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, And here on earth come em — Robert Frost, The Poetry of Robert Frost
Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness with — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Put the two of us together and we become like moonlight and fireflies... all burning and glowing and lighting up the nig — Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy