“Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?”

“Be the flame, not the moth.”

Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice

“They built a temple for the God,
'Twas in a myrtle grove,
Where the bee and the butterfly
Vied for each blossom's love.”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.”

Mark Nepo (1951) American writer

“It makes no difference abroad,
The seasons fit the same,
The mornings blossom into noons,
And split their pods of flame.

Wild-flowers kindle in the woods,
The brooks brag all the day;
No blackbird bates his jargoning
For passing Calvary.

Auto-da-fé and judgment
Are nothing to the bee;
His separation from his rose
To him seems misery.”

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet

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

Neal Ford

“Moth: I gave you my life.

Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927) Indian Sufi

“Look, I guess it's natural, you're teenagers, its springtime, everyone's thoughts are turning to birds and bees and caterpillars and moths…..

- Iggy”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“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

“Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee that stings.”

William Dean Howells (1837–1920) author, critic and playwright from the United States