Quotes by Butterfly A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly Andre Gide caterpillars know-thyself butterfly In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything. Andrea Bocelli ipods butterfly passion His lashes, fluttered like butterfly wings. "I could've made you happy, dove." "You did," I whispered Ann Aguirre dove butterfly wings It turns out that the distance from head to hand, from wafting butterfly to entomological specimen, is achieved through regular practice. What begins as something like a dream will in fact stay a dream forever unless you have the tools and the discipline to bring it out. Ann Patchett butterfly distance dream The whole time I was hoping my silence would fit yours and exclamation marks would gently float across time and space so that boundaries would be crossed; the whole time I was praying you would read my eyes and understand what I was never able to understand. See, we were never about butterflies. We’ve always been about burning stars. All about us is unearthly and radiant. Anna Akhmatova butterfly stars eye Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture. Anna Cora Mowatt butterfly brain beautiful When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. Anna Pavlova butterfly love children When a small child... I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong. Anna Pavlova butterfly success children From the season I did the butterfly faux tattoos on the models on the runway, every collection we do has to have a butterfly t-shirt or trim or print. People come to me for butterflies! Anna Sui butterfly tattoo people Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation. Anne Lamott butterfly perfect bird butterflies were wind energy made visible. Anne Lamott butterfly energy wind Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and - as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis - emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness. Annie Besant snakes butterfly men Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect. Annie Besant butterfly form nature The morning woods were utterly new. A strong yellow light pooled beneath the trees; my shadow appeared and vanished on the path, since a third of the trees I walked under were still bare, a third spread a luminous haze wherever they grew, and another third blocked the sun with new, whole leaves. The snakes were out - I saw a bright, smashed one on the path - and the butterflies were vaulting and furling about; the phlox was at its peak, and even the evergreens looked greener, newly created and washed. Annie Dillard butterfly strong morning I still get butterflies on the first tee. I still get sweaty hands, and my heart pumps a lot going down the 18th. But I know what winning is all about now, and that's a feeling that I like. Annika Sorenstam butterfly winning heart The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being. Anthony de Mello butterfly selfish eggs We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill. Anthony Kiedis butterfly rocks people Outing someone is like ripping a butterfly from its cocoon. You can damage them for life and rob them of THEIR life changing experience of liberation. For a successful emergence THEY have to struggle through the cocoon of fear and shame. THEN they can fly. Anthony Venn-Brown life-changing butterfly struggle Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. Antoine de Saint-Exupery butterfly father thinking Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. Antoine de Saint-Exupery butterfly wish philosophy «1234567891011»