Butterfly Quote by Anonymous

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods

— Edith Wharton

I wanted to freeze time. I wanted to savor that moment, to live in that moment for a week. But I couldn't stop it,…

— Ramandeep Singh

I imagined what it would be like to hold a butterfly in your hands something bejeweled and treasured and to know that despite your…

— Jodi Picoult

Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

— Amy Lowell

I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed.…

— William Wordsworth

Snapshots, moments, mere seconds: as fragile and beautiful and hopeless as a single butterfly, flapping on against a gathering wind.

— Lauren Oliver

“On good days I felt like a chrysalis from which a butterfly had emerged, and on bad days I felt like a chewing-gum wrapper…

— Nancy Kricorian

When I was a Caterpillar, I was beautiful, profound, and aware. Yet only once I basked in my Cocoon, And reflected upon the true…

— Eric Nickel

“Minutes passed by. A little blue butterfly landed on my nose. I blinked at it and it fluttered to my ear. A big yellow…

— Ilona Andrews

The only time I had any butterflies was when I stood up and backed toward the open door and looked down.

— George H. W. Bush

I became the butterfly. I got out of the cocoon, and I flew.

— Lynn Redgrave

Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and…

— Camryn Manheim