“It wasn’t the violence that trapped him. It was the feeling that he had finally become someone worth noticing.” — Valon G Copy Share Image
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit…They have to fit in context. — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
What I'm concerned about now is creating a metaphor for what the figure really is. — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Butt holes are like a one-way street; they were made the way they were for a reason.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
There is a terrible sameness to the euphoria of alcohol and the euphoria of metaphor. — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Fitzcarraldo is a mad dreamer. He's willing to sacrifice everything in order to make his vision of an opera house. That metaphor… — Sam Pressman Copy Share Image
Joy Rains has a gift. A gift for explaining abstract concepts like meditation through clever analogies and metaphors. FOR THE FIRST TIME… — Elisabeth Leamy Copy Share Image
“So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which is why it is sometimes so easy to grab the cliche, to reach out… — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
“But how can you be there for someone who doesn't need you? It's like trying to scale a wall without anyone on… — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
Maybe we need more dialogue in terms of our faith, in terms of those who are believers, or even nonbelievers, about that… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The idea of Judaism as a flower, it a message for Jewish people, talking about the future. Many people associate Judaism with… — Csanad Szegedi Copy Share Image
“I'm always amazed that people will stand around books for hours and only look at the spine. I think I should write… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
“GUIL (quietly): Where we went wrong was getting on a boat. We can move, of course, change direction, rattle about, but our… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said. "I'm not, " Lissa protested. "You are too! I've seen you knock on a door… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ships sink, or maybe we're… — John Green Copy Share Image
“On this material plane, each living being is like a street lantern lamp with a dirty lampshade. The inside flame burns evenly… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead. That shadow career is a metaphor for… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Unfurl my body, wind, lift me up into the branches of a majestic beauty that guides a people through life. I would… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we’re reading about, while reading about them. That’s why there… — John Green Copy Share Image
We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover… — Alan Macfarlane Copy Share Image
We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
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