Insect Quotes Quotes

“Bugs never bug my head. They are amazing. It is the activities of humans which actually bug me all the time.”
― Munia Khan

“We don’t give a damn to the insects on our Earth, but if we could find even a single insect on Mars, the whole world would cherish it like crazy!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Dragonflies say "mystery" to me.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Sognò alberi che gelavano, che esplodevano nella notte; sognò lupi al galoppo lungo un crinale e labirinti in miniatura sotto la neve. Forse, pensò in seguito, erano in realtà i sogni degli insetti, che percorrevano l’aria gelida tra lui e loro lungo fili invisibili. Forse erano lì da sempre e solo ora riusciva a sintonizzarcisi, come se si trovasse ancora sulla spiaggia e vagasse tra le frequenze con la radiolina a onde corte. I sogni da letargo degli insetti: cristalli di ghiaccio sotto l’esoscheletro, dentro i minuscoli organi, il sangue sospeso in filigrane, coroncine, diademi. Ognuno a sognare il giorno in cui sarebbe arrivato il disgelo, in cui il sole li avrebbe raggiunti nel tronco o bozzolo o galleria e li avrebbe accesi come una lampada.”
― Anthony Doerr, About Grace

“I'm inspired by how dragonflies are both tough and fragile; fierce and mild.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“There are so many reasons to fall in love with dragonflies. They have intriguing stories to tell us. They make our world a more beautiful place. And they are scrappy survivors.”
― Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History

“Unlike at the top of the rubber tree, here on the ground things were less comfortable, infested with anthills, pests and tree parasites. Anthills appeared overnight, sculpting dark mounds on the wooden fence and the tree trunks. The task of destroying the anthills would always be left to me. It was quite a spectacle seeing these organised families going up in flames. What a pleasure I got from witnessing a whole hierarchy of insects turn to ash.”
― Fábio Moon, Two Brothers

“Beauty is in the eyes and antennae of she who witnesses it. Truth was like that.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Another instance when I see sparkles is when I do a kind deed for an insect or animal. I often put beetles, millipedes, spiders and the like outside when I find them inside, so I do not have to kill them. I use a piece of paper or in the dustpan. I have done this for years, but since I started seeing the fairy sparkles with my actual eyesight, I have also seen animal and insect fairy sparkles, often in the half-light at dusk.
They sometimes light-up when I put them outside, just a single flash of brightly coloured sparkle and then it goes away just as suddenly. I then have a sense that it really was the insect fairy, thanking me for saving its insect’s life. A little sparkle of insect appreciation!”
― Sarah Rajkotwala, Fairy Sparkles