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title: "3 Butterfly Quotes By Ruskin Bond"
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> [“And when all the wars are done,’ I said, ‘a butterfly will still be beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/and-when-all-the-wars-are-done-i-said-a-butterfly-will-still-be/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

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> [Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/hapiness-is-as-exclusive-as-a-butterfly-and-you-must-never-pursue-it/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

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> [and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/and-when-all-the-wars-are-over-a-butterfly-will-still-be-beautiful/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

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## Other authors on Butterfly

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## More by Ruskin Bond

> ['live long my friend,be wise and strong, but do not take from any man his song'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/live-long-my-friend-be-wise-and-strong-but-do-not-take-from-any-man/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/unhappy-and-unsettled-childhood-helps-in-writing/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [“As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/as-grandfather-used-to-say-in-a-crowd-everyone-plays-follow-the/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I don't travel so much now, I get tired](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-don-t-travel-so-much-now-i-get-tired/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-was-a-bookworm-in-school-and-in-those-days-it-was-easy-to-get-books/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-won-t-usually-just-sit-down-to-write-i-d-have-done-it-in-my-head/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/there-was-uncle-ken-of-mine-about-whom-i-wrote-a-lot-of-stories-i-can/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [“All of us need just one good accomplishment in order to get by. Obviously he can't spend the rest of his life climbing trees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/all-of-us-need-just-one-good-accomplishment-in-order-to-get-by/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-get-inspiration-from-a-lot-of-things-around-me-nature-hills-people/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-fortunately-have-a-good-memor-and-that-helps-a-lot-in-the-way-i/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [“Nandprayag is a place that ought to be famous for its beauty and order. For a mile or two before reaching it we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/nandprayag-is-a-place-that-ought-to-be-famous-for-its-beauty-and/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-had-a-bad-habit-of-falling-in-love-with-any-girl-who-was-nice-to-me/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-did-all-kind-of-jobs-to-sustain-myself-i-worked-at-a-grocery-store/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/but-the-trees-seemed-to-know-me-they-whispered-among-themselves-and/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

> [“A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/a-good-monk-would-know-that-contentment-is-easier-to-attain-than/)

[Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/)

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