Word info

Fireflies

Meaning

of Firefly

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies. Rabindranath Tagore

You are mine-you know you're mine!" he cried wildly...the moonlight twisted in through the vines and listened...the fireflies hung upon their whispers as if to win his glance from the glory of their eyes. F. Scott Fitzgerald

But he could not renounce his infinite capacity for illusion at the very moment he needed it most... he saw fireflies where there were none. Gabriel García Márquez

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn't just a season or a time but a whole world I'd forgotten. I'd never know until I stepped out into it. So I did. Sarah Dessen

Memories are like fireflies darting across the surface of my mind, showing me here and there images so sharp and vivid that I catch my breath in wonder before the vignette disappears, sinking like a pebble into the quicksand of regret and recrimination. Susan Kay

Fireflies shine only when in motion. American Proverb

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