{"quotes":[{"text":"A red dragonfly hovers above a backwater of the stream, its wings moving so fast that the eye sees not wings in movement but a probability distribution of where the wings might be, like electron orbitals: a quantum-mechanical effect that maybe explains why the insect can apparently teleport from one place to another, disappearing from one point and reappearing a couple of meters away, without seeming to pass through the space in between. There sure is a lot of bright stuff in the jungle. Randy figures that, in the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass.","author":"Neal Stephenson","tags":["evolution","insect","quantum"],"id":5364,"author_id":"Neal+Stephenson"},{"text":"One day we found them. They must of been holding a gook convention or something, cause it seem like the same sort of deal as when you step on a anthill and they all come swarming around.","author":"Winston Groom","tags":["ants","convention","find","humor","humorous","humour","humourous","insect","meeting"],"id":49078,"author_id":"Winston+Groom"},{"text":"As I accepted my death and dissolution into God's love, the insectoids began feeding on my heart, devouring the feelings of love and surrender. They were interested in emotion. As I was holding on to my last thought - that God is love - they asked, 'Even here? Even here?","author":"Rick Strassman","tags":["death","god","here","insect","love"],"id":104147,"author_id":"Rick+Strassman"},{"text":"Bugs never bug my head. They are amazing. It is the activities of humans which actually bug me all the time.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["activities","bug","bugging","bugs","head","human","humans","insect","insect-love","insect","insects","nature","nature-s-beauty"],"id":136759,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Bugs never bug my head. They are amazing. It is the activities of humans which actually bug me all the time.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["activities","bug","bugging","bugs","head","human","humans","insect","insect-love","insect","insects","nature","nature-s-beauty"],"id":136759,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["clear","clearer","dark","dragonfly","heart","hearts","human","innocence","insect","insects","inspirational","inspirational","nature","philosophical","pure","pure-heart","pure-hearted","pure-thoughts","spiritual-wisdom","transparency","transparent","vein","veins","wisdom","wisdom","world","world-peace"],"id":188608,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Yes, this man had the persistence of an insect.","author":"Patrick Modiano","tags":["insect","persistence"],"id":191371,"author_id":"Patrick+Modiano"},{"text":"I've just been bitten on the neck by a vampire... Mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying?","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["aggravating","annoyance","annoying","bite","bloodsucker","bloodsuckers","bug","bugs","insect","insects","mosquito","mosquitoes","night","night-creature","sting","vampire","vampires"],"id":194891,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"A dung beetle couple in love constantly proves that you still can be in love living on shit.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["beetle","beetles","couple","couples","dirt","dung","insect","insects","life","living","love","love","lovers","prove","shit","spiritual","waste"],"id":230459,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"We don’t give a damn to the insects on our Earth, but if we could find even a single insect on Mars, the whole world would cherish it like crazy!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["appreciation","cherish","earth","earth","give-a-damn","insect","insect","insects","mars","murat-ildan","our-earth"],"id":276750,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}