Butterfly-weeds Quote by Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“I just want her to know that she's still beautiful, after all these years, and that I'm here - always,”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“A freshly red-painted train caboose had, for decades now, made its home on a green, little patch of the world outside of the one-room…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“His voice had this thick, Charleston accent, where every word had more syllables than ever intended, yet each word seemed as if it had…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“How does the story really go? Does she ever cross your mind? Does she ever steal your nights? Is she still a part of…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“I had found him again, and with him, my world had become completely unwound. It was messy and impulsive, naïve and irrational, and somehow,…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“See, I’m in love with the person you can never outrun. I’m in love with you.”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“Big events, small, mundane moments of the day–it doesn’t matter; the past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“The levee had always been my beach, the world beyond it, my ocean. That’s as close as it got here, anyway. No waves, no…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“You’re much too beautiful for tears.”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“I’ll love you until the last petal falls, Jules.”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“She always used to say that the past is a relentless parasite in its quest, feeding off of the senses, looking for anything that…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“Tell me you’ve seen the world. Now, you’ve come back home Tell me you’ve carried me with you, That you’ve held me close. Tell…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds