Locust Quotes

“Well, there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it.”
― Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes

“My mind
is locust-dark, my heart
is honey-heavy.”
― John Lazear Okrent

“The world has locusts, and the world has grasshoppers. I was up to my knees in the world”
― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

“I am ontological proof that reality cannot collapse in on itself. Its worst aspects always push back hard as fuck. My psyche is a buffet for a beast with hollow legs. Pet me in the dark and I will put you in the dirt. Inner star, fallen star, fuck your star. I am the starless night.”
― Lil Low-Cu$$'t, The Swarm