Quotes of: Butterfly Keyword

Will had been taken aback in his confrontation with Arisaka to discover that his name- Chocho- meant "Butterfly"... He was puzzled to know why they had selected it. His friends, of course, delighted in helping him guess the reason. 'I assume it's bec...

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja

Girls are caterpillars while they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structure.

Carmilla

Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

We thread our way through a moving forest of ice-cream cones and crimson thighs.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

I remember the way his eyes pinned my body against the backdrop of Paris as if I was some rare butterfly pinned to an exhibit box.

Everly After

The density of the butterflies in the air now gave her a sense of being underwater, plunged into a deep pond among bright fishes.

Flight Behavior

She knew that she must sit quietly and patiently and, like her beloved butterflies, eventually he would come to rest.

Hope of Israel

A light rain touches my cheek like an angel's butterfly kisses.

Better to be able to love than to be loveable

When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.

Hans Haacke

Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.

1Q84

Meditation is the process of transformation and beautification of soul from a leaf-eating caterpillar to a nectar-sipping butterfly. It grows with the wings of love and compassion.

Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

...on the job there was nothing but the job. You left the shit outside the door. You could always pick it up on your way back out.

Obsidian Butterfly

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

The Little Prince

Desperation will drive you to do things you know will never make you whole again and even to lose the very thing you’re desperate for.

My Butterfly

She was also a memory, the worst kind of memory--the kind that pulled you to your knees at just the sound of her name.

My Butterfly

The butterflies swirl again in Sera’s stomach. Perhaps they have brought along fireflies too, to light up her soul.

The Sharing Moon

In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew

Stargirl

Our love went from fly to flower to butterfly, and it was meant to beautifully flutter, not sit still on a shelf like a trophy to be collected.

Xazaqazax

My brain is divided into two butterflies, and both are in love with your rose-shaped heart. If you've got the garden, I've got my whole life.

Xazaqazax

Reality is, Hope and Despair lie in the same places. And they're just a matter of perspective. What changed my perspective, was her.

Chasing Butterflies

Never step on caterpillars, as one day they'll become butterflies, and you'll never know when you'll need a ride on their wings of fortune.

R.P. Falconer