Butterfly Quote by Edith Wharton

They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the…

— Toni Morrison

“Yesterday,’ she said, referring to the collective past of her tribe, ‘the people of these forests knew the secret. They made the finest silk…

— Lidija Stankovikj

Large flocks of butterflies, all kinds of happy insects, seem to be in a perfect fever of joy and sportive gladness.

— John Muir

“I used to have a fascination with butterflies. They brought so much color into such a short life. They fluttered about free and brought…

— Anonymous

They were never butterflies. Just fire.

— Anonymous

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

— Lisa Genova

Happiness is like a butterfly.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Sometimes the butterflies were there just to make you queasy; sometimes the butterflies were there to let you know that something good was on…

— Daniel Waters

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

— Amy Lowell

“The butterfly is Nature's way of reminding us that there is hope in grief. When the caterpillar is no more the butterfly exists in…

— Elle Harper

“The butterflies were performing circus tricks now, flying through hoops of fire. Lexi had read about infatuation once. Some writer had doused the romantic…

— Angela Panayotopulos

the cold winds of insecurity... hadn't shredded the dreamy chrysalis of his childhood. He was still immersed in the dim, wet wonder of the…

— Harold Brodkey