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Insects Quotes

I was really interested in collecting insects.

"The Ultimate Game Freak". Time Magazine Interview (Volume 154, No. 20), content.time.com. November 22, 1999.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.63, Courier Corporation

In summer the empire of insects spreads.

"In Valleys" by Adam Zagajewski, www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2011.

Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools!

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.176

A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.57, Cambridge University Press

Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part.

Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

Specialization is for insects.

Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

It was the hour when gauze-winged insects are born that only live for a day.

Lord Dunsany (2015). “The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories”, p.9, Booklassic

I've become a much more serious young insect.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.

"Our Cosmic Patch". Interview with Helen Matsos, www.astrobio.net. January 3, 2005.

Flies are the price we pay for summer.

Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.213, Big Earth Publishing