metamorphesque

“I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.”
― Freddie Mercury

“Archer reddened to the temples but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock if it were left undisturbed.”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis