“But now, when things had happened which were too appalling to think about, when his romantic love was a corpse and his… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Seeing sound, the high order stuff that's not audible still affects how everything else behaves. There might be a visual metaphor for… — Jerry Garcia 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
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive. — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
Some distance away is a white azalea bush which stuns me with its stately beauty. This is pristine natural beauty. it is… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“You will never be missing to yourself and all you can do is delay, delay, delay and the delaying must be good… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them. What we're… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“I look at him and my body reacts in a way that it never has before, even in the throes of passion.… — D.L. Hess Copy Share Image
I like the idea of watching the sun go down in the ocean. I've always felt comfortable about that, I like sunsets.… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, Just when we need them, life wraps metaphors up in little bows for us. When you think all is lost, the… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it. — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took. — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
“... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Her eyes narrowed until they were a faint greenish glitter, like a forest pool far back in the shadow of trees.” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
