Fireflies Quotes
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Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.
Amy Lowell
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Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter and more open-eyed, and show a propensity to flit and sparkle under the light of chandeliers.
Abba Louisa Goold Woolson -
Are there are fireflies on the West Coast? I never saw any when I lived in California.
Ben Lerner -
I remember I had this recurring dream that we were playing a night game and instead of eye black we had mashed up the glowing bodies of fireflies and put that under our eyes. So our faces were glowing - a kind of night vision.
Ben Lerner -
Together they watched the fireflies twinkle in and out like hopes in the darkness.
Elizabeth Chadwick