231 Amazing Quotes About The Moon To Inspire You

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Amazing Quotes About The Moon

The Moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars. Arthur C. Clarke

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. Gary Allan

I feel like the moon is a very beautiful woman. She’s in control.
Ravyn Lenae

I still say, ‘Shoot for the moon; you might get there. Buzz Aldrin

The Moon affects people in other ways, for a beautiful crescent suspended in a twilit sky can stir our hearts. Ken Croswell

I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it. Albert Einstein

She and the moon could always be found playing in the darkness. A.J. Lawless

Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars. E. E. Cummings

So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you – everything makes music if you really want it to. Giles Andreae

This is the first convention of the space age – where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it. Unknown

When the storm is over and night falls and the moon is out in all its glory and all you’re left with is the rhythm of the sea, of the waves, you know what God intended for the human race, you know what paradise is. Harold Pinter

The moon is too close. I want to go further. Shirley MacLaine

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
Gautama Buddha

I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus. Sarah Zettel

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle. Nicolaus Copernicus

Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon. Maxine Lee

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands. Pierre Loti

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg

My moon, sitting in the sky / Shining down, down upon my room / My moon, saw what happened that night. Breesy

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible. Richard M. Nixon

I’d rather live in a world where I get to love the moon than in one where I don’t, even if the moon won’t return the feeling. Alex London

Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars. Bette Davis

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.
Anaxagoras

I don’t go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we’ve already practiced. Wally Schirra

The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven’s tent-hangings fast. William R. Alger

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that. Coolio

Throughout history, the Moon and its ever-changing shape have been a source of mystery to religious leaders, poets, and the rest of us. Donna Cunningham

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. Alfred Noyes

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. Deng Ming-Dao

The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love. Debasish Mridha

You have to be able to appreciate these things. How many people can say it was a full moon last night and appreciate it? Sandy Miller

There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
Joseph Conrad

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn’t speak the language. I was very isolated. Jean Alesi

You are the sun. You bring warmth, laughter and joy but he is the moon. He draws me into a world of mystery that I have never known. Meredith T. Taylor

There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets. Thomas More

Love is like the moon, when it does not increase, it decreases. Unknown

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy

Shoot for the moon; you might get there. Buzz Aldrin

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen. Shannon L. Alder

If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out. William Blake

I’ve never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn’t take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment. Colin Farrell

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.
John Phillips

The Moon is opposing Jupiter. Don’t get involved, it’s their problem. Jim Critchfield

Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light, / Thou seemest most charming to my sight; / As I gaze upon thee in the sky so high, / A tear of joy does moisten mine eye. William Topaz McGonagall

Be like the moon in someone’s sky and show her the way of life with your loving silvery lights during the darkness. Debasish Mridha MD

The lovely moon may not be able to breathe, but it takes our breath away with her incredible beauty and soft silvery love. Debasish Mridha MD

Don’t worry if you’re making waves just by being yourself. The moon does it all the time. Scott Stabile

The moon, by contrast is almost perfectly dry, has no currently active volcanism, no atmosphere, and no life. Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

As long as the sun shines one does not ask for the moon. Russian Proverb

I always wondered if you clone your wife and have the cloned wife on the moon and the real wife down here, would that be considered cheating? Luis Guzman

But even when the moon looks like it’s waning…it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that. Ai Yazawa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations. Ace Frehley

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. Les Brown

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy. Henri Frederic Amiel

The beautiful moon is an antidepressant. Love for her light is in every heart because she is so friendly, loving and forgiving. Debasish Mridha MD

Humans have been well aware of the Moon for as far back as records go, but surely before the Moon must often have been a welcome source of illumination at night. David A. Rothery

Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman’s moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. . . With this the gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it? Dorothy Parker

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It’s not a miracle; we just decided to go. Tom Hanks

The moon lives in the lining of your skin. Pablo Neruda

I’m standing on the moon, with nothing left to do, with a lonely view of heaven, but I’d rather be with you. Unknown

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?
Toni Morrison

And at the end of the night, they realized how important those little stars were, which they ignored while adoring the beauty of the moon whole night. Akshay Vasu

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. Confucius

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth. Norman Cousins

She has always been admired by the sun; For the way she rises each time after she falls. But the way she sparkles and glows whenever she talks about the things she adores; makes the moon and stars watch in envy. Samiha Totanji

Lights go off / We can make love on a full moon / Everything’s fine on a full moon / Lights go off on a full moon. Hiroomi Tosaka

And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light. Gustave Flaubert

The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money. Plautus

The Moon lies between the sun and the earth so the illuminated side cannot be seen. Cerridwen Greenleaf

There’s something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon. Luanne Rice

The moon was reigning over their world, glowing its full splendor to all those willing to look up. Irina Serban

When I look at the moon I do not see a hostile, empty world. I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end.
David Scott

I’m as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. Afrika Bambaataa

The wisdom of the Moon is greater than the wisdom of the Earth, because the Moon sees the universe better than the Earth can see it! Mehmet Murat ildan

Full moon is a good fisherman; every eyes are easily caught in his net! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos. Tom Hanks

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon. Amy Lowell

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon. H. L. Mencken

When the Moon passed into the Earth’s shadow, this is a lunar eclipse. These are rare occasions that make for a truly enchanted evening. Cerridwen Greenleaf

I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars. Gertrude Ederle

You talk about American technocracy and you find men on the moon, not once, but several times… and safely home again. Gordon Sinclair

You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
Keith Richards

The new moon is an auspicious time for a fresh start. Cerridwen Greenleaf

I’ll love those moonlight looks alone. That bless my home and guide my way. Thomas Moore

The moon is very rugged. Alan Bean

When hope is fleeting, stop for a moment and visualize, in a sky of silver, the crescent of a lavender moon. Imagine it delicate, slim, precise, like a paper-thin slice from a cabochon jewel. It may not be very useful, but it is beautiful. And sometimes it is enough. Vera Nazarian

They don’t know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two. Emma Bull

More Moon Quotes

From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I’ve learned that nobody’s love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself. Gabriel Byrne

Don’t worry if you’re making waves just by being yourself. The moon does it all the time. Scott Stabile

The Moon is our nearest neighbour in space – only about a quarter of a million miles away – and is our faithful companion, staying together with us as we journey around the Sun.
Patrick Moore

The moon is on the rise it stares at me tonight / I’m reminded of the arms that held me tight

The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork. Walter Lang

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! David Starr Jordan

How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? Toni Morrison

O I will watch the maiden Moon / Dance on the sea with silver shoon; / But with the Queen Moon I will keep / My tryst when all the world’s asleep. Robert William Service

Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins. Indian Proverb

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It’s all just a use of your thinking. Michael Nesmith

You’re so far away from me, but shining bright so I can see / The Moon, The Moon, The Moon, The Moon / All the stars up in the sky, but you’re the one that gets my eye. Joe’s Method

Smile like the moon to make life beautiful, because in your beautiful smile life finds meaning. Debasish Mridha MD

The Moon has no atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, the Moon has no weather and no clouds.
Ralph Winrich

Beautiful moon quotes to illuminate your life

I will never be a morning person, for the moon and I are much too in love. Christopher Poindexter

I suppose there were moonless nights and dark ones with but a silver shaving and pale stars in the sky, but I remember them all as flooded with the rich indolence of a full moon. Willa Sibert Cather

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. Henry Ellis

I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create. Michael J. Sullivan

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you’re not ‘professional’ any more. Jeff Foxworthy

Aiming for the moon and missing it is better than aiming for the ditch and hitting it. Unknown

I’ve never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I’ve felt like howling at the moon a lot of times! Van Morrison

For when I look at the Moon I do not see a hostile, empty world. I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end. David R. Scott, Commander Apollo 1 ,

This is what I am talking about: the bewitching power of moonlight. Moonlight incites dark passions like a cold flame, making hearts burning with the intensity of phosphorus.
Rampo Edogawa

Beauty is a form of genius – is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. Oscar Wilde

The moon is essentially gray, no color. It looks like plaster of Paris, like dirty beach sand with lots of footprints in it. James A. Lovell

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous. Thomas Merton

What will it profit this country if we… put our man on the Moon by 1 and at the same time you can’t walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence? Jerome Cavanagh

Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon; but he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor! Sri Sathya Sai Baba

I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either. Nobody goes faster than the legs they have. If where I want to go is far away, I’m not there in an instant. Alberto Caeiro

The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections. Tahereh Mafi

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album. John Fogerty

Roses and lilies, romance and love, / Still moon, chill moon, swinging above? / Slender your feet as a white birds throat, / High moon, shy moon, drifting your boat.
Zora Bernice May Cross

It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun. Vitruvius

The moon stared at me through sprinkled nighttime stardust and I alone smile. Jay Long

The proper phase of the Moon is essential for spell craft. The waning moon is the time to wind down any personal challenges and see them to an end. Cerridwen Greenleaf

Allow yourself to dance with life, just as the oceans dance with the moon. Amadeus Wolfe

He could well imagine what the moon had given her: pure solitude and tranquility. That was the best thing the moon could give a person. Haruki Murakami

O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. William Shakespeare

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon. Galileo Galilei

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. Mahatma Gandhi

As the seas are claimed, the Moon shall be the jewel in the prize. Claimed, not as a safe haven, but as an island of menace within the sky. And the last nail will have been driven home when humanity realizes their inactive mistakes.
Anthony T. Hincks

I can feel the moon’s love for the earth in my soul when it’s magical silent silvery light touches my heart. Debasish Mridha MD

Quotes With The Moon

The Moon represents women in traditional astrology. Donna Cunningham

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin

The moon, like a flower In heaven’s high bower, With silent delight Sits and smiles on the night.
William Blake

I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected. Gloria Vanderbilt

The sun loves the moon so much that he dies every night to let her breathe, and in return, she reflects his love. Jeffrey Fry

I have a compact to commune / A monthly midnight with the Moon; / Into its face I stare and stare, / And find sweet understanding there. Robert William Service

The moon revolves around the Earth and rotates on its axis / Reflected light comes from the sun because it doesn’t have this / A small, gray, rocky satellite affecting the tides / It’s just a quarter of the Earth in its little size. King Virtue’s Classroom

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. Lyndon B. Johnson

Sometimes we sit and talk me and that old moon / I ask him, are you happy or if you’re blue / I start to reminisce to a summer night in June / We fell in love under a yellow moon. Stepahie Davis

Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don’t see it – but there is. Olive Schreiner

I don’t know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.
George Bernard Shaw

The moon is brighter since the barn burned. Matsuo Basho

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. Mark Twain

Be both soft and wild. Just like the moon. Or the storm. Or the sea. Victoria Erickson

We all shine on…like the moon and the stars and the sun…we all shine on…come on and on and on. John Lennon

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night. William C. Bryant

The moon rested right above the mountains, a place I call home. Daniel Wallock

The Earth and Moon are the closest planet and moon in size except for Pluto and Charon. Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

The Moon is almost as obvious as the Sun. Clouds permitting, we can see it in the evening sky nearly half the time. David A. Rothery

The moon is sun at your place splashing its rays below but it’s the same art board we stare at! Suyasha Subedi

Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women’s lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women’s menstrual cycles. Carol P. Christ

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon who could not be happy? Oscar Wilde

We’ll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.
Burt Rutan

The magic of autumn has seized the countryside; now that the sun isn’t ripening anything it shines for the sake of the golden age; for the sake of Eden; to please the moon for all I know. Elizabeth Coatsworth

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars. J.R.R. Tolkien

The moon is but a candle-glow / That flickers thro’ the gloom / The starry space, a castle hall. Vachel Lindsay

If we can send a man to the moon, then why don’t we send a woman? Kylie Bax

You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time, I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star. T.F. Hodge

Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I’m swept up in amorphous dust. Bradley Chicho

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. Jean Ingelow

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side. Khalil Gibran

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other. Sojourner Truth

The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear.
Anatoly Chubais

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky. Anton Chekhov

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current. Willa Cather

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. W. Clement Stone

The moon is beautiful only when the mind is seeking beauty and the heart is loving. Debasish Mridha, M.D.

The full moon the mandala of the sky. Tom Robbins

Rejecting things because they are old-fashioned would rule out the sun and the moon — and a mother’s love. Unknown

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
Jean Paul

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. Hal Borland

Inspirational Quotes About The Moon

The Moon is connected with the sign Cancer, so all people born under the sign Cancer, or with other planets in that sign, are lunar. Donna Cunningham

Not surprisingly the Moon plays a role in the mythology of ancient people. From the earliest civilizations in the near east onwards, all seem to have had lunar deities. Mike Fuller

If the moon smiled, she would resemble you. You leave the same impression Of something beautiful, but annihilating.
Sylvia Plath

The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand. Frederic Lawrence Knowles

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. Arthur Smith

Don’t tell me the sky is the limit, there are footprints on the moon! Dorothy Parker

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. Matsuo Basho

When the Moon is waning, this is your opportunity to release anything that no longer serves in your life. We all need to embrace the winds of change in life, clearing away the old and making room for the new. Cerridwen Greenleaf

Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the Moon. That Moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart. So let them go, just let them fall into the water. Rumi

Dark moon, way up high up in the sky / Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why / You’ve lost your splendor / Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws. Ned Miller

God’s gift I see that’s moving up there into the night. Though dark the mirror in the sky reflects us our light: / Looks like a little brother to the sun. Or mother to the stars at night and here it is and here it comes. Here comes the moon, the moon, the moon, the moon, the moon.
George Harrison

The Moon symbolizes our emotional side, dependency and security, our need for home and roots, and our ties to our mothers. Donna Cunningham

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. John Lennon

Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it’s true, it’s very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say… it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something. Mark Rylance

No living thing ever defeated Tain Hu in battle. Only the tide could fight her. Only the moon and the sea together could bring her down. Seth Dickinson

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us. Richard H. Baker

Who knows if the moon’s / a balloon, coming out of a keen city / in the sky – filled with pretty people? E. E. Cummings

The Moon has been long linked to madness, or ‘lunacy.’ Even today, people sometimes superstitiously blame the Moon, especially the full Moon. Ken Croswell

We are all lunar types to some degree because the Moon is a major force in everyone’s horoscope. Donna Cunningham

Ten years ago the Moon was an inspiration to poets and an opportunity for lovers. Ten years from now it will be just another airport.
Emmanuel G. Mesthene

The moon fascinates us in her simplicity. Avijeet Das

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark. Pink Floyd

The moon’s an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. William Shakespeare

Under the sun, under the moon, under the stars, wherever you are / Got to have some fun under the sun, moon and stars / Let happiness run under the sun, moon and stars. Jimmy Cliff

Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote! Susan B. Anthony

If I tell you there’s cheese on the moon, bring the crackers. Tyronn Lue

During the day the Sun causes wounds. And in the night the Moon heals the wounds. The mountain waits all day for the night when his moon will be finally bright. Suyasha Subedi

Worldly wealth is the Devil’s bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
Robert Burton

If you strive for the moon, maybe you’ll get over the fence. James Wood

The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons. Frank S. Nugent

When the moon is not full, the stars shine more brightly. Proverb

Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly. Khaled Hosseini

I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger. Tanzania Proverb

The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. Dennis Banks

When a finger points to the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger. Chinese Proverbs

We may look at the same moon, but our hearts sing different songs depending on our inner emotions and perceptions. Debasish Mridha MD

The moon can never breathe, but it can take our breath away with the beauty of its cold, arid orb. Munia Khan

The moon’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there. John M. Grunsfeld

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures. M. F. K. Fisher

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.
Barney Oliver

She is twice as beautiful as the moon and all of the stars together. Giovannie de Sadeleer

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it’s OK. But you’ve got to shoot for something. A lot of people don’t even shoot. Confucius

In all of spangled space, but I / To stare moon-struck into the sky; / Of billion beings I alone / To praise the Moon as still as stone. Robert William Service

The moon is queen of everything. She rules the oceans, rivers, rain. When I am asked whose tears these are; I always blame the moon. Lucille Clifton

The moon just reflects the sunlight. Stars are the ones that can shine by themselves like the sun. The moon just sponges off the sun and shines. Hong Jung-eun

Don’t even try to talk to me when I’m watching the moon. That’s my moon, baby. Wendelin Van Draanen

The moon is Earth’s satellite. A satellite circles another object. The planets are satellites of the Sun. Ralph Winrich

Those stars, that moon, for me they shine / With lovely, but no startling light; / My joy is much, but not as thine, / A joy that fills the pulse, like fright. Coventry Patmore

Yesterday– I was the Moon / Today–just an eclipse / something in me travels; some days it’s to the dark / some days it’s to the light. Noor Unnahar

Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon. Merle Shain

Have you ever felt this feeling? When suddenly out of the blue someone walks right into your heart? And then you keep staring at the sky at night and keep asking the stars and the moon to help you figure this all out!
Avijeet Das

If you have a problem with the Moon in the sky and you are unhappy, change yourself, because the Moon won’t change! Mehmet Murat ildan

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star. Confucius

When we are looking at the moon, we see the purest reflection of our own beauty and magic, which is why we love the moon so much. Debasish Mridha MD

While gazing on the moon’s light, / A moment from her smile I turn’d, / To look at orbs that, more bright, / In lone and distant glory burn’d. Thomas Moore

I’ve written a lot of books which are written from the moon – the view from nowhere. Clifford Geertz

We ran as if to meet the moon. Robert Frost

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