Best Butterflies Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“The thing about butterflies, Mr. Crow, is that they need to be admired from afar.”

“But on paper, things can live forever.”

“You are so young, Lyra, too young to understand this, but I shall tell you anyway and you'll understand it later: men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain. We bear their children, who are witches if they are female, human if not; and then in the blink of an eye they are gone, felled, slain, lost. Our sons, too. When a little boy is growing, he thinks he is immortal. His mother knows he isn't. Each time becomes more painful, until finally your heart is broken. Perhaps that is when Yambe-Akka comes for you. She is older than the tundra. Perhaps, for her, witches' lives are as brief as men's are to us.”

“Observe the behavior of the butterfly, and chase no one, for they will only elude you.”

“The dark side of the butterflies:”

“A fallen blossom”

“a flower knows, when its butterfly will return,”

“It might have been a new way for her heart to beat.”

“Butterflies are beautiful, but the process of emerging from the chrysalis and spreading your wings can hurt like fucking hell. But still, you will survive the transformation (over and over again) and you will fly. Remember this when it hurts the most. This is the metamorphosis, the going down to liquid, and the rising again. It’s no joke – but damn, it’s one hell of a journey.”

“We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis.”

“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”

“Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.”

“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”