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)
“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The soul, O ganders, flies beyond the parks
And far beyond the discords of the wind.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
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