We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
--Maya Angelou
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”
--Hans Christian Anderson
Lady butterfly
perfumes her wings
by floating
over the orchid.
--Basho
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
--Richard Bach