“Everything became a metaphor, a talisman, a sign that I was still actually connected to people—that I wasn’t so completely on my… — Susan Jane Gilman Copy Share Image
“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.” — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
“I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.” — Alfred Alcorn Copy Share Image
My dad always said, If someone hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Plus that also works wonderfully as a metaphor. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The point at which the photograph ceases to function as a metaphor is the point at which it is free to propose… — Thomas Struth Copy Share Image
Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle. — Max Black Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
There, at the centre, are the artists who really form the consciousness of their time; they respond deeply, intuitively to what is… — John Wain Copy Share Image
“The “Metaphor is one of thoughts most essential tools. It illuminates what would otherwise be totally obscure. But the illumination is sometimes… — Alistair Gray Copy Share Image
“But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. My secrets padlocked the gates. I'd be a torn kite stuck in the… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The visual does seem to me the most thoroughly grasped and recorded among my impressions; sight seems to be my principal sense… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
The trickle-down theory of economics has it that it's good for rich people to get even richer because some of their wealth… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I do like Canadian poetry. Christian Bök, Anne Carson, Carmine Starnino, and Don McKay are a few of the Canadian poets whose… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“What, then, is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms – in short, a sum of human relations, which have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Y That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? Me with… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
Bodies count, of course - they count more than we're willing to admit - but we don't fall in love with bodies,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The way music reflects real life, the way that painstakingly, over the years, what I have said is really a metaphor for… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
When you look at the damage that many of the policies that Donald Trump has proposed can do to our citizens of… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
