Under a Dancing Star Quotes

“It's like the metamorphosis of the mayfly," I say thoughtfully. " They spend their whole lives in the water preparing for a single day of dancing in the sun”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“The idea is as paper-thin and fragile as the wings of a butterfly, and as it flutters gently awake I hardly dare to hold it still in my mind.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“I think we've always danced," I say dreamily. "Homer wrote about dancing in the Iliad, you know. That's almost three thousand years ago. But every society must have danced long before that, though of course it's harder to find evidence.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“The Latin name is Ephemeroptera," I say. "It's from the Greek, epi and hemera, meaning to live for a day."
"Ephemeral," Ursula's smoky voice joins in. "Something fleeting.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“I turn, unthinkingly, to one side, choosing a path that winds through a small copse of cypress trees, stopping often to bend over and examine the various flowers that are splashed about, tumbling in a riot of crimson and violet from terracotta pots or growing in tangled golden constellations underneath the tres.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“I certainly enjoyed the part where your feet went up over your head before you hit the platform," I say sweetly.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star