Breaststroke is an athletic event; butterfly is a political statement. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“We all get butterflies Peter, it’s just a question of teaching them to fly in formation.” — Peter Rosengard Copy Share Image
Love is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly. — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
I mean, everything that is upon this earth, even from a worm or a caterpillar that blossoms into a butterfly, you know,… — Lil B Copy Share Image
'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, a caterpillar must first live as a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly. Maybe I remember those days because… — Isao Takahata Copy Share Image
Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though… — Saigyō Copy Share Image
To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“A black butterfly, confused and mad, Stung at my hand, thinking it was bad. My hand, not mad, just curious and sad,… — 3rd Degree Burn Copy Share Image
There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl… — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
Outing someone is like ripping a butterfly from its cocoon. You can damage them for life and rob them of THEIR life… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
Skip meeting him? The butterflies, the pounding heart, the blushing? The part where you enter each other's magnetic fields for the first… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it generated Neros, Genghis… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One day, I was running to the river. Along the way there was the most exquisite butterfly, a tiny little thing, on… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Which was why he reflexively turned when a flash of iridescence caught his eye. His first thought was: Morpho rhetenor Helena. The… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Look, Clara,” I say enthusiastically and raise my hand to show my lover the beautiful butterfly couple, but then I realize that… — Jutta Swietlinski Copy Share Image
Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will… — Eva Paterson Copy Share Image
“They come from Mobile. Aiken. From Newport News. From Marietta. From Meridian. And the sounds of these places in their mouths make… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There is a difference between our wisdom and nature's simplicity. That reflects the burden of a complex intelligence. A complex intelligence like… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
“A butterfly fluttered from flower to flower in the old garden, gracing the silvery-blue tips of the crocuses and what remained of… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
I want you to have this.” He extended his hand. On his palm sat the beautiful butterfly he had carved. Silver spots… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful of butterflies is nothing but a well-dressed caterpillar.” — Corina Abdulahm Negura Copy Share Image
I hear the mad song of a little bird and crush butterflies between my fingers. — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a butterfly flaps its wings and the weather turns out fine.” — Johnny Rich Copy Share Image
“Change can be beautiful; butterflies are the greatest proof of this.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Go on, hitch a ride on the back of a butterfly. There's no better way to fly. — Patrick Monahan Copy Share Image
