Butterflies Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Butterflies.
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“But these are flowers that fly and all but sing.”
“And many an ante-natal tomb
Where butterflies dream of the life to come.”
“I'd be a butterfly, born in a bower,
Where roses and lilies and violets meet.”
“The butterfly's floating magnificence crosses
Our lawn for a moment, then flutters beyond.”
“Diaphanous, roseate,
Floating before us
Butterflies … butterflies —
Vibrations of the great Unknown.”
“Gray sail against the sky,
Gray butterfly!
Have you a dream for going
Or are you only the blind wind's blowing?”
“Butterflies … not quite birds as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.”
“He looked out sentimentally at his friends: the ethereal castanets of the butterflies.”
“With the rose the butterfly's deep in love,
A thousand times hovering round;
But round himself, all tender like gold,
The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.”
“The gold-barr'd butterflies to and fro
And over the waterside wander'd and wove
As heedless and idle as clouds that rove
And drift by the peaks of perpetual snow.”
“Far out at sea,—the sun was high,
While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,
We saw a snow-white butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale,
Far out at sea.”
“Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart.”
“Some butterflies, notably the purple emperor, white admiral and peacock feed on sap and can be found on damaged areas of tree trunks. They are also attracted to the smell of dung and manure.”
“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. The transition is called the transformation of material things.”