“For our people, butterflies are a symbol of hope. It's said that if you capture one in your hands and whisper your dreams to it, it will carry them up to the heavens so that the wish can be granted.”
Source: Retribution
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Source: Roots : The Saga of an American Family (1976), Ch. 51.
