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> [A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-geary/a-simile-is-just-a-metaphor-with-the-scaffolding-still-up/)

[James Geary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-geary/)

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> [A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/a-theory-of-creativity-is-actually-just-a-metaphor-a-pool-of-ideas-a/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/jane-smiley-2120_creativity_a-theory-of-creativity-is-actually-just_237859.png)

> [“Some people like just to unlike, run just to slow down. fly just to crash, hug just to thrash, and swim just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-w-allison/some-people-like-just-to-unlike-run-just-to-slow-down-fly-just-to/)

[Calvin W. Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-w-allison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/calvin-w-allison-10116_calvin-w-allison_some-people-like-just-to-unlike-run-just_1424607.jpg)

> [Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/just-because-something-is-a-metaphor-doesn-t-mean-it-can-t-be-real/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/terry-pratchett-19_being-real_just-because-something-is-a-metaphor-doe_2375359.jpg)

> [“I don’t, after all, know what’s wrong with him, am not even certain anything is, or that wrong isn’t just a metaphor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-don-t-after-all-know-what-s-wrong-with-him-am-not-even-certain/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/richard-ford-2097_metaphor_i-don-t-after-all-know-what-s-wrong-with_2485880.jpg)

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