"He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival."
— Gemma Malley (The Declaration)

"The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly."
— Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

"There's a lot of pointing. A festival of pointing and at very close range to other people's eyes, given the width of the space. Also detracting from the exhibit's potential tranquility is the display cabinet of pinned specimens along one wall. I found this disturbing from the start. You don't see a whole lot of stuffed polar bears in the polar bear exhibit at the zoo, for instance. And butterflies have phenomenal vision so it's not like they can't see the mass crucifixion in their midst. I was offended on behalf of the butterflies and thus pleased with my offense. Let the empathizing begin! This volunteering thing was working already. I am a good person, hear me give!"
— Sloane Crosley (I Was Told There'd Be Cake)

"Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.
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— Harley King

"I feel like a butterfly,
Living for one day and dyeing the next."
— Keysi E.

""That was the first thing I had to learn about her, and maybe the hardest I've ever had to learn about anything. That she is her own, and what she gives me is her choosing and the more precious because of it. Sometimes a butterfly will come sit on your open palm, but if you close your hand, one way or another, it and it's choice to be there are gone. "
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— Ann