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> [“For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must forget it was ever a caterpillar at all. Then it will be as if the caterpillar never was and there was only ever the butterfly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/for-a-caterpillar-to-become-a-butterfly-it-must-forget-it-was-ever-a/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

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> [“Forgetting... is a beautiful thing. When you forget, you remake yourself... For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must forget it was a caterpillar at all. Then it will be as if the caterpillar never was & there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/forgetting-is-a-beautiful-thing-when-you-forget-you-remake-yourself/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

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## More by Robert Jackson Bennett

> [“After all, deep in every Texan’s heart, there remains the steadfast belief that any problem can be solved with a big enough gun.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/after-all-deep-in-every-texan-s-heart-there-remains-the-steadfast/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/voters-might-have-short-memories-politicians-do-not/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“My definition of an adult is someone who lives their life aware they are sharing the world with others. My definition of an adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/my-definition-of-an-adult-is-someone-who-lives-their-life-aware-they/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“I am lost among the seas of fate and time But at least I have love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-am-lost-among-the-seas-of-fate-and-time-but-at-least-i-have-love/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“But freedom and human happiness has a direct relationship to the number of people who have power over their own world, their own lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/but-freedom-and-human-happiness-has-a-direct-relationship-to-the/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“One should not seek ugliness in this world. There is no lack of it. You will find it soon enough, or it will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/one-should-not-seek-ugliness-in-this-world-there-is-no-lack-of-it-you/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [Oh, propriety," says Mrs Benjamin. "We're always so concerned with propriety. Even in total madness, we still stick to our hierarchies and chains of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/oh-propriety-says-mrs-benjamin-we-re-always-so-concerned-with/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [I learned very early on not to speak to my folk from on high, but to get down with them, beside them, showing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-learned-very-early-on-not-to-speak-to-my-folk-from-on-high-but-to/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“We are—or were —Divinities, Shara Komayd: we drew power from the hearts and minds and beliefs of a people. But that which you draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/we-are-or-were-divinities-shara-komayd-we-drew-power-from-the-hearts/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [ “I put my office right in the middle of the death they threaten us with. \[...\] here I sit, every day, hanging over all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-put-my-office-right-in-the-middle-of-the-death-they-threaten-us/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“The city knows. It remembers. Its past is written in its bones, though the past now speaks in silences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/the-city-knows-it-remembers-its-past-is-written-in-its-bones-though/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“My first question is- do you have a name ? "A name? Yes." "Ah!" said the wolf. It wrote several extensive notes. "And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/my-first-question-is-do-you-have-a-name-a-name-yes-ah-said-the-wolf/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“It is a fool who lives his life believing the waves upon which he sails shall remember him. The seas know nothing. This makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/it-is-a-fool-who-lives-his-life-believing-the-waves-upon-which-he/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must forget it was ever a caterpillar at all. Then it will be as if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/for-a-caterpillar-to-become-a-butterfly-it-must-forget-it-was-ever-a/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

> [“To see her smile in such a manner makes my heart glad - Sigrud Well, goody for your fucking heart! -Mulaghesh”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/to-see-her-smile-in-such-a-manner-makes-my-heart-glad-sigrud-well/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

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