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A collection of quotes about butterflies…

“How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” – Anonymous

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” – Maya Angelou

“Love is like butterfly, beautiful and delicate… If you truly care for it, you’ll do whatever you can to make it happy, even if that means letting it go.” – Unknown

“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.” – Charles Dickens

“If you want to fly, you have to flap your own wings.” – Claire Williams

“A woman is like a butterfly….
If you want her to stay near you, but fly as she should,
you must not brush the dust off her magical wings,
nor control her essence in your hand…
her beauty will be held only by a stillness and purity of heart.”
- Andrew Hawkes

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Anderson

“It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.” – Unknown

“I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?” – Unknown

“Flowers and butterflies drift in color, illuminating spring.” – Unknown

“Go on, hitch a ride on the back of a butterfly. There’s no better way to fly.” – Pat Monahan, Scott Michael Underwood and James W. Stafford, “Get To Me” by Train

“We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.” – Gerald Brenan

“We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us when we confess our love for it. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times.” – Friedrich Nietzsche