“A sensitive person gets burned, like a delicate moth.”

“Like a moth to a flame
Burned by the fire.
My love is blind
Can't you see my desire?”

Janet Jackson (1966) singer from the United States

“We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it!”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

“There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.”

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator

“Even as a kid, I felt isolated. Isolation makes you sensitive. As a kid, I felt I was the only person who was like that. But there's a good side to isolation. It makes you sensitive, and sensitivity is part of the creative process.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

“Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear
(The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves)
With sensitive heads alert of ear;
Frail crowds that a delicate hearing saves.”

Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) British playwright, poet and artist

“Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.”

Stephen King book Bag of Bones

“Her lips were drawn to his like a moth to a flame.”

Anya Seton book Dragonwyck

“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.”

Paula Poundstone (1959) American comedian

“Developers are drawn to complexity like moths to a flame often with the same result.”

Neal Ford