Flies

Famous quotes containing the word flies:

“Small, black, as flies hanging in heat, the Boys,
Until the distance throws them forth, their hum
Bulges to thunder held by calf and thigh.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)

“O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“People are inexterminable—like flies and bed-bugs. There will always be some that survive in cracks and crevices—that’s us.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)