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“First smile!! An unseasonal little shower of rain fell here, and a lot of butterflies drowned, so we put them in the sun and they came back to life, and flew up and then Agaat SMILED!”

Book:Agaat: A Novel

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Agaat: A Novel

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Marlene van Niekerk

Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author known for her novels that often explore themes of race, gender, and social inequality. Born on November 10, 1954. more

“Purple emperor-watching with Matthew and Neil is not your average butterfly entertainment, ethereal and somewhat effete. Theirs is a raucous, adrenaline-fuelled spectator sport. The emperors themselves seem to play to the crowd. Pugnacious males dart around the crowns of oaks, staking out their territory, jetting about with muscular flicks of their wings, twirling on their own axes, elevating a hundred feet into the air. They are the SAS of butterflies, fit, fearless and chemically armed.”

Butterfly Butterflies Rewilding Animal Watching Butterfly Watching Purple Emperor

Book:Wilding

Source: Wilding

“And she did not have to see him to know that he was there, because the butterflies were always there.”

Love Butterflies

Book:One Hundred Years of Solitude

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

“Think testosterone,’ says Matthew, ‘multiply it by πr2 and double it. Forget boys locked in boarding schools. They’ve spent ten months as a caterpillar waiting for this. They’ve pupated, they’re mature and they’re desperate. They’re squaddies in the disco on a Saturday night. They’re sailors in port after a nine-month voyage.”

Butterfly Butterflies Rewilding Animal Watching Butterfly Watching Purple Emperor

Book:Wilding

Source: Wilding