The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I buckle my sword sheath to my waist and head for the trees. “If you’re coming, hurry up.” They glance at each… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
It is one thing, then, to say, "The Bible contains the religion revealed by God ," and quite another to say, "Whatever… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
When I read Matt Ruff's book, that was my first encounter with learning about sundown towns, and I was like 'What?' Like,… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
“A metaphor is not merely a linguistic expression (a form of words) used for artistic or rhetorical purposes; instead, it is a… — Mark Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe people have different ways of approaching the Word. For me, it's metaphor, written by people a long time after Christ… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“Could any State on Earth Immortall be, Venice by Her rare Goverment is She; Venice Great Neptunes Minion, still a Mayd, Though… — James Howell Copy Share Image
I'm not going to tell people how to write, but we do have a skill set, and the more we put ourselves… — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
Historically different groups find different things in each comics, as with *X-Men*. Gay readers find parallels to living a closeted lifestyle or… — Tom Brevoort Copy Share Image
Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can't rush. You can't skip to the next… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot about language from reading slush. You can immediately tell if a writer is in control of the narrative.… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
That’s what i love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff were your not sure what the poets talking about.… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
There isn't a river or creek in the country - or there are very few - that doesn't have some small group… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
“Labels such as ‘‘the culture wars,’’ ‘‘the science wars,’’ or ‘‘the Freud wars’’ are now widely used to refer to some of… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. That is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
There is no metaphor for death. All comparisons are odious, but I'll do one anyway. We all have these moments of harsh… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“He wouldn't tell me that I always have two options— You can choose how you feel or you you can let your… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“He was now beginning to wonder whether the jigsaw was the correct metaphor for relationships between me and women after all. It… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The… — David Perkins Copy Share Image
Physicists use 'God' as a metaphor more often than other scientists-- especially in popular writing, but in the technical literature as well.… — Taner Edis Copy Share Image
“Now it makes sense, for example, if the children are taking a vocabulary test of 100 words, and one of the kids… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“Wrong, and wrong agains,' he said. 'The likeness is already there. The metaphor only sees it. And it is not a mere… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
I find myself using music metaphors all the time, but this is too perfect, I feel like. Digital downloading is like photographs… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
