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Moths Quotes

Be the flame, not the moth.

Be the flame, not the moth.

Giacomo Casanova
I Hate You, Flames, Moths

Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle

Rumi
Judging, Moths, Candle

Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

Laurel Clark
Life Is, Moths
"Astronaut Clark: 'Life is a magical thing'", www.cnn.com. February 4, 2003.

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

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

What the Man-Moth fears most he must do.

Elizabeth Bishop
Men, Moths
Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.16, Macmillan

She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame.

Anna McPartlin
Flames, Soul, Moths

Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed.

Daniel Handler
Done, Should, Moths

Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen.

Anne Sexton
Knees, Moths
Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

You know what rumors are like-like a jar full of moths. Once they escape, they're all over the place.

Rhys Bowen
Rumor, Jars, Moths
Rhys Bowen (2007). “Oh Danny Boy: A Molly Murphy Mystery”, p.99, Macmillan

I like the Moth podcast a lot. I listen to that.

Gillian Jacobs
Moths
Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. March 26, 2012.

Moth, that wasn't very nice.

Michael Buckley
Nice, Moths, Very Nice

Beauty,’ Brimstone had scoffed once. ‘Humans are fools for it. As helpless as moths who hurl themselves at fire.

Laini Taylor
Fire, Fool, Moths

Moth to a flame I follow.

Karen Marie Moning
Flames, Moths
Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.61, Delacorte Press

He dispensed starlight to casual moths.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lifestyle, Casual, Moths
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2007). “The Great Gatsby”, p.105, Broadview Press

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