Everything is a metaphor for everything else.

I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even binds our…

— James Richardson

I was really interested in this ability for others to create virtual memories for us. In "The Cartographers" I explore this through Adam Woods,…

— Alexander Weinstein

I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do…

— Haruki Murakami

There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or…

— Clark Gregg

You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to…

— David Levithan

“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that…

— Marlon James

“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.

— William P. Young

I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am.

— Anonymous

“Despite which, Charlie seems doomed to stumble around in the dark, clutching pieces of a puzzle he still can't see.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume…

— Umberto Eco

Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay.

— Adrian Frutiger

“I am knee deep in sea water now, feeling the energy of the tidal waves as they roll inwards towards the shore. A tide…

— Susan L. Marshall