“I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders.”

— Diana Wynne Jones , book Howl's Moving Castle

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

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Diana Wynne Jones 137

English children's fantasy writer 1934–2011

Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

“I 've lately had two spiders
Crawling upon my startled hopes.
Now though thy friendly hand has brush'd 'em from me,
Yet still they crawl offensive to my eyes:
I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.”

Colley Cibber Richard III

Act IV, scene 3.
Richard III (altered) (1700)

“Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies; alas, they are many those who, in the figurative meaning, have spider's eyes.”

African Spir (1837–1890) Russian philosopher

Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 52.

“Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow.
Maybe that spider knows something i don't know,
'cause i'm goddamn cold.”

Devendra Banhart (1981) American folk singer

From Niño Rojo

“If I gaze at a comet with all the strength of my soul,
It cannot stir from the spot while my eyes are upon it.”

Adam Mickiewicz book Dziady

Kiedy spójrzę w kometę z całą mocą duszy,
Dopóki na nią patrzę, z miejsca się nie ruszy.
Part three, scene two ("The Great Improvisation"). Translated by Louise Varese.
Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) http://www.ap.krakow.pl/nkja/literature/polpoet/mic_fore.htm