The Butterfly's Daughter Quotes

“She thought how sharp words could sting when they held the truth.”
― mary alice monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“caterpillar must shed its skin five times before it forms the chrysalis. The caterpillar doesn’t just change. It completely transforms. The old form dies and the new is reborn. That’s the miracle that gives us hope.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Dawn tore at the seam of night, pulling the blackness back a little farther with each passing minute.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Synchronicity. Life isn’t a series of random events at all, but rather an expression of a deeper order.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Synchronicity (life) isn't a series of random events at all, but an expression of a deeper order.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Sully's brooding blue eyes sparked to life when they kissed, like his truck when he fired the engine.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Each fall, millions of delicate orange and black butterflies fly more than two thousand miles from the United States and Canada to overwinter in the mountains of central Mexico. The annual migration of the monarch is a phenomenal story—a miracle of instinct and survival.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“Many scientists and theologians believe that everything that occurs can be related to a prior cause or association.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“In every life, there was death and rebirth and continuity.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter

“The butterfly is the totem of transformation and change and a symbol of courage.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Butterfly's Daughter