{"quotes":[{"text":"Not all feeling of butterflies in the tummy means love, it might sometimes mean lust, fear, hunger e.T.C.","author":"Jesustibab","tags":["butterflies","fear","hunger","love","lust"],"id":12724,"author_id":"Jesustibab"},{"text":"Butterflies are nature’s tragic heroes. They live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in a blaze of colors and become utterly extraordinary. It is the shortest phase of their lives, but it holds the greatest importance. It shows us how empowering change can be.","author":"Kelseyleigh Reber","tags":["butterflies","change","development","empowerment","life","moving-forward","philosophy","self-improvement","tragic-hero"],"id":22692,"author_id":"Kelseyleigh+Reber"},{"text":"Butterflies are self propelled flowers.","author":"Robert A. Heinlein","tags":["beauty","butterflies","flowers","grace"],"id":29976,"author_id":"Robert+A.+Heinlein"},{"text":"His Nana's prayers were moving toward his mother like little butterflies of thoughts wrapped in the most beautiful colors. Each prayer looked like a mini-rainbow.","author":"H. L. Balcomb","tags":["afterlife","and-individuality","butterflies","heaven","hope","now","prayers","spirituality-of-imperfection"],"id":33070,"author_id":"H.+L.+Balcomb"},{"text":"He was comparing you to the butterflies that you both adore and cherish, and he said you were special for the same reasons: you were rare, exotic and entirely you. He said you're beautiful exactly the way are now.","author":"Cecelia Ahern","tags":["butterflies","cecelia-ahern","exotic","inspirational","love","names","true-love"],"id":36811,"author_id":"Cecelia+Ahern"},{"text":"Papilio stomachus: fragile creatures, vulnerable to forst and betrayal.","author":"Laini Taylor","tags":["betrayal","butterflies","vulnerability"],"id":39109,"author_id":"Laini+Taylor"},{"text":"She first peered into its fascinating cases of beetles and butterflies at the age of six, in the company of her father. She recalls her pity at each occupant pinned for display. It was no great leap to draw the same conclusion of ladies: similarly bound and trussed, pinned and contained, with the objective of being admired, in all their gaudy beauty.","author":"Emmanuelle de Maupassant","tags":["butterflies","corsets","emancipation","entomology","fashion","insects","science","victorian-age","women"],"id":47516,"author_id":"Emmanuelle+de+Maupassant"},{"text":"I wish I could see butterflies burst from cocoonsWithout tempering my amazementKnowing all beauty eventually dies.","author":"Justin Wetch","tags":["beauty","butterflies","dark","dark-poetry","existentialism"],"id":52777,"author_id":"Justin+Wetch"},{"text":"I discovered in nature the non utilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception.","author":"Vladimir Nabokov","tags":["art","butterflies","magic","moths"],"id":53055,"author_id":"Vladimir+Nabokov"},{"text":"He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.","author":"Gemma Malley","tags":["anna","butterflies","butterfly","death","flower","flowers","gemma","life","love","malley","peter","the-declaration"],"id":56374,"author_id":"Gemma+Malley"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}