Famous quotes containing the words trap and/or insects:
“We are not very much to blame for our bad marriages. We live amid hallucinations; and this especial trap is laid to trip our feet with, and all are tripped up first and last. But the mighty Mother who had been so sly with us, as if she felt that she owed us some indemnity, insinuates into the Pandora-box of marriage some deep and serious benefits, and some great joys.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“swerving
perfectly,
the fierce, brilliant faith
that pierces the heart all summer
and sips bitter insects steeped in nectar ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)