- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Butterfly Quotes
Small wings, big change.
From an artist recalling college sketches of a butterfly catcher to someone describing their own emergence from anger into something calmer, this page collects lines built around metamorphosis. It pairs naturally with Nature quotes for readers drawn to imagery from the outdoors.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were always telling stories. They were all scenarios and moods which I storyboarded and worked through - it's exactly what I do now.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I race six events. I specialise in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, and it's not impossible, but it is hard to be able to race every single race, and day after day as well.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of being utterly terrified and exhilarated that this is your chance.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.
- Reason
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- Nov 07, 2020