People fail you, children
People fail you, children disappoint you, thieves break in, moths corrupt, but an Order of the British Empire goes on for ever. Fay Weldon
Moths
He dispensed starlight to
He dispensed starlight to casual moths. F. Scott Fitzgerald
taking her hand he
taking her hand he led her out into a broad stretch of hard sandy soil that the moon flooded with great splendor. They floated out like drifting moths under the rich hazy light, and as the fantastic symphony wept and exulted and wavered and despaired, Ardita’s last sense of reality dropped away, and she abandonded … Read more
He had waited five
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths – so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger’s garden. F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is in the
It is in the twenties that the actual momentum of life begins to slacken, and it is a simple soul indeed to whom as many things are as significant and meaningful at thirty as at ten years before. At thirty an organ-grinder is a more or less a moth eaten man who grinds an organ … Read more
In his blue gardens
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. F. Scott Fitzgerald
People are like moths.
People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly. Drew Barrymore
Lists only spell out
Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don’t put it in a list. Don’t even say the words. Douglas Coupland
Oh cat, I’d say,
Oh cat, I’d say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws like moths, jewelled cat, miraculous cat! Cat, cat, cat, cat. Doris Lessing
From ‘the lesson of
From ‘the lesson of the moth’: and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i … Read more