Butterfly Quotes

581 Butterfly quotes by 447 unique authors

A child her wayward pencil drew On margins of her book; Garlands of flower, dancing elves, Bud, butterfly, and brook, Lessons undone, and plum forgot,… — Louisa May Alcott
Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. — Ellen DeGeneres
My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends... — Freddie Mercury
Symbolism and meaning are two separate things. I think she found the right words by bypassing procedures like meaning and logic. She captured words in… — Haruki Murakami
Mom had just gotten back from Sydney, and she had brought me an immense, surpassingly blue butterfly, Papilio ulysses, mounted in a frame filled with… — Audrey Niffenegger
He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the… — Eric Carle
Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east. — Roberto Bolano
Then she would be done with J. D. Jameson forever. No more having to prove herself; no more of those pesky jitters she felt whenever… — Julie James
They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm… — Toni Morrison
Every now and then she looked around for tangible evidence of his having ever been there. Where were the butterflies? the blueberries? the whistling reed?… — Toni Morrison
So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies. — William Shakespeare
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement each other, creating… — Haruki Murakami
When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that… — Roland Barthes
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. — Carl Sagan
At first we raced through space, like shadows and light; her rants, my raves; her dark hair, my blonde; black dresses, white. She's a purple-black… — Francesca Lia Block
They're butterflies because...well, he thought it was cool. They eat humans." -idk..... — Katsura Hoshino
What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a… — Brennan Manning
I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than… — John Keats
If that moment had been a real thing, it would've been a butterfly, flapping and fluttering toward the sun. — Maggie Stiefvater
There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products of… — Arthur C. Clarke
Kevin stopped where he was and stood there simply gazing at her. Molly sat cross-legged in the meadow with the sun shining on her bare… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of… — Tanith Lee
... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life. — Lisa Genova
Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly.… — Max Lucado
Go to sleep, baby,Mama will sing. Of blue butterflies, and dragonfly wings. Moonlight and sunbeams, raiments so fine. Silver and gold, for baby of mine.… — Kim Harrison

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