When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become.
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When the weaver bird flies, nobody talks; when the busy bee flies, no one will make comments... But when a human being begins to fly, you begin to hear talks in the town such as "abomination!... where did he get the wings from?". Never mind! Your dreams are your wings, so decide to fly!
My mouth fell open in incredulity.__h, Maria. Are you trying to tell me you__e taken up the sport of fly-catching with your mouth?__os reached over and lifted my chin.__nd an assistant too. So that you don__ scare the little flies away. How wonderful; I didn__ realise it was a team sport. Interesting. Tell me, what do they taste like? I can__ imagine a fly filling any hole in your stomach. How many have you caught?___hat__ disgusting._ Ros screwed her face up.__y thoughts exactly.
The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way.
38. __ wet bird never flies at night._ (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and warned me not to forget it. I remember his words but never did figure out what he meant!)
FLIES IN DISGUISETell me,Have youReally seenFlies in a child's eyesOr heard their hungry criesIn the middleOf the night?Don't lie.You can protest all you wantAbout peaceAnd genocide,But unless you are willingTo take beatings for your fights,Your display of trendy showmanshipSimply ain't right.Go on,Carry your useless signsAbout an issue the worldAlready abhors,But it's TRUEHeartfelt actionsThat will preventSuits andSenatorsFrom creatingAny more wars.
717! You are behaving like a demented bluebottle - stop that!
You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.
Money just draws flies.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Flies purify the air, and plays--the morals.
They all seemed hungry, happy, and healthy enough in their buzzing__h the days were hot, and the noise of bees filled the air that was dusty with pollen and sun haze, and there were tiny black flies stuck to one another crowded by the creek and a creek stink rising from the deep pool under the willow tree where a wheat sack of new kittens had been drowned, and their tiny terrible struggling had shot like an electric current through the confusion of muddy water and up the arm of the person who had tied the stone around the mouth of the sack and thrust it into the water; and the culprit had not been able to brush away the current; it penetrated her body and made her heart beat with fear and pity. I was the culprit.
Flies are the dead man's revenge.
Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.
(Parody that is often falsely believed to be a true quote of Mariah Carey's) Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff.
Where there are humans, You'll find flies,And Buddhas.
Birds are the eyes of heaven, and flies are the spies of hell.
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.