--- title: "4 Butterfly Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "4 Butterfly quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Butterfly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/neil-gaiman-29_able_it-occurs-to-me-that-the-peculiarity-of_92775.jpg" --- > [It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-occurs-to-me-that-the-peculiarity-of-most-things-we-think-of-as/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/neil-gaiman-29_able_it-occurs-to-me-that-the-peculiarity-of_92775.jpg) > [“oh heck, it’s like worms and butterflies, love. You know.” “Caterpillars,” said Maeve. “I think you mean caterpillars and butterflies.” “Er, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/oh-heck-it-s-like-worms-and-butterflies-love-you-know-caterpillars/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/neil-gaiman-29_butterfly_oh-heck-it-s-like-worms-and-butterflies_299221.jpg) > [The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-things-that-really-change-the-world-according-to-chaos-theory-are/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/neil-gaiman-29_butterfly_the-things-that-really-change-the-world_1090490.jpg) > [It used to be thought that the events that changed the world were things like big bombs, maniac politicians, huge earthquakes, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-used-to-be-thought-that-the-events-that-changed-the-world-were/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/neil-gaiman-29_bigs_it-used-to-be-thought-that-the-events-th_1313473.jpg) ## Other authors on Butterfly - [Matshona Dhliwayo 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zhuangzi-97412.jpg) Zhuangzi 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/zhuangzi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/haruki-murakami/) - [Trina Paulus 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/trina-paulus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-rabindranath-tagore-383.jpg) Rabindranath Tagore 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/rabindranath-tagore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nathaniel-hawthorne-70480.jpg) Nathaniel Hawthorne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/nathaniel-hawthorne/) - [Melanie Dobson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/melanie-dobson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-laini-taylor-58360.jpg) Laini Taylor 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/laini-taylor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174.jpg) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Butterfly Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There were tricks we did with eggs, as children, to show how they were, in reality, tiny load-bearing marble halls; while the beat of the wings of a butterfly in the right place, we are told, can create a hurricane across an ocean. 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