Grave of the Fireflies” is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation. . . It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made.
Our galaxy is 10 billion years old. The Earth is only 4. 5 billion years old. We are a firefly flicker in the great astrobiology of the galaxy.
If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.
We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty.
I suffer for birds and fireflies but not frogs, she said, and threw him across the room. Kaboom! Like a genie out of a samovar, a handsome prince arose in the corner of the bedroom.
Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder.
Mrs. Teasdale congratulates him on his coronation and sovereignty: "The eyes of the world are upon you. Notables from every country are gathered here in your honor. This is a gala day for you. " Firefly replies: "Well, a gal a day is enough for me. I don't think I could handle any more. "
Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man.
So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off.
His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.
After doing 'Firefly' and moving on, I always wanted to be part of a series again. I love doing films, too, but there's just something special about being part of the team and feeling like you're actually a part of the family, and I always look to re-create that.
I've often found myself preferring second-rate people to supposedly superior people, simply and solely because of their uncontrollable tendency to bang themselves against the sides of life's vast lampshade like fireflies or moths.
And for just a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.
Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark.
Captain, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project.
Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some fireflies, wonder how they have the power to shine?
Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection. If any thing happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.
I think people look back on shows like "Firefly" or "Buffy," and they remember it with this glow about it of positive response, but if you look back. . . If Twitter had existed, there would have been a lot of negative tweeting about "Firefly. "