Insect appreciation Quotes

I always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace.

I love insects. They are amazing.

In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.

I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispherical.

I really liked insects - all kinds: flies, grasshoppers, weevils.

Albert and I would spend hours and hours looking at them. Cleo had this big magnifying glass on his desk, and we'd find centipedes and grasshoppers and beetles and potato bugs, ants . . . and put them in a jar and look at them. They have the sweetest little faces and the cutest expressions. After we'd looked at them all we wanted to, we'd put them in the yard and let them go on about their business.

If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.