“... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“A month in and it seemed to CY that he was an explorer summiting the foothill of an a bizarre and primitive… — Sarah Hall Copy Share Image
The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype--a metaphor for itself. — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Hooliganism incarnate, a walking, talking, screaming, squawking metaphor for What's Wrong With Young People Today. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“Metaphor reveals a writer’s true grasp of life. To the degree that you have no metaphor, you have not yet lived much… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“You want a shadow, you got to have light and something to get in its way.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
Baseball, of course, has long been played under the burden of metaphor. More so than basketball or football, it is supposed to… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
I take the assumption that every religion has been rooted in some mystical or transcendent experience. From that assumption, I just look… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Witchcraft offers the model of a religion of poetry, not theology. It presents metaphors, not doctrines, and leaves open the possibility of… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
“We all are internal energy of the Universe -- and it's not even a metaphor -- there would be no dynamics whatsoever… — Alex M. Vikoulov Copy Share Image
“And then the finale, its four modest notes. Do, re, fa, mi: half a jumbled scale. Too simple to be called invented.… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“The water never stops, never gives up, and denies no faults in the path it takes,” he explained, my eyes still focused… — Daniel "Z" Hastings Copy Share Image
“A candle is like a small sun, but the sun is like a large candle; examined closely, language turns out to operate… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“You have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters. If you choose the strings, then you’re imagining a world… — John Green Copy Share Image
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I am the stereo-typical classic lapsed Catholic. Religious themes crop up in my songs sometimes as metaphors and other kinds of touchstones… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
“I saw a doctor. I went in case there were any remnants of the summer inside me—sticky, slender fish bones that needed… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
I'm bored with DJs. Anybody that puts the title DJ in front of their name immediately turns me off. I prefer the… — Momus Copy Share Image
I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
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