Butterfly Quote by Ryan Winfield

““Caterpillar dun' become butterfly-caterpillar die so butterfly can be. A new thing. We all must let ourselves die to be what we will be. But we cling to what we know.””

Ryan Winfield

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Butterfly Caterpillar Death and dying

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