The Butterfly Girl Quotes

“What if we are all capable of lying to ourselves? But the story didn’t bother Naomi. Instead it reassured her confirming that the stories we tell ourselves have more meaning than the facts. That doesn’t make them lies. Seeded with every myth was the emotional truth.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl

“People had a drive to immortalize their past, even the evil stuff, like Abu Ghraib or the Holocaust. They liked to take pictures, keep journals, because they believed in what they were doing. No one, Naomi had learned, did evil without believing it was right at the time. Maybe this was why it was nearly impossible to talk them out of it?”
― Rene Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl

“The world is full of heartache,” the detective said. Naomi could see the sadness he bore, too. “You got to carve out some happiness for yourself. Otherwise it will take you down.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl

“no matter how hard she tried, she could remember nothing more of her past. Terror had wiped her memory clean.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl

“That was the thing about the butterflies. They could be kind when Celia felt bitter. They could encompass all the beauty of this world even when the skies smarted gray”
― Rene Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl