121 Quotes About Butterflies


  • Author Elizabeth Inness-Brown
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    When I was small, my mother told me that moths were butterflies that had been banished to the night, where they lived tortured lives dreaming of the day. In this way she explained why they sacrificed themselves to flame; it was both an end to their suffering and a reunion with the light they longed for.The parable, of course, was meant to warn me against wanting what I should not have.

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  • Author Patch Adams
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    When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away completely untouched.

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