“Once a lonely caterpillar sat and cried”

“Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understand each word the caterpillar said,Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed.”

Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer

“When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like being a caterpillar.”

Cornelia Funke book The Thief Lord

“The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth”

Lewis Carroll book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.”

Lewis Carroll book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

John Marsden (1950) author

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”

Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist

“Since when does the butterfly ask about the caterpillar?”

Cornelia Funke Reckless

“Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say."
This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again.
"Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar.”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer