Trope Quotes

8 quotes by 8 authors

• To call ourselves a Microcosme, or little world, I thought it onely a pleasant trope of Rhetorick, till my neare judgement and second thoughts told… — Thomas Browne
• Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile. — Edward Abbey
• A fashionable idea in technical circles is that quantity not only turns into quality at some extreme of scale, but also does so according to… — Jaron Lanier
• Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'. — Mark Gatiss
• I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was simply a companion… — Elizabeth Kostova
• Mining asteroids is a well-oiled trope of science-fiction. But someday, actually doing it will make economic sense. Many of the essential metals of our society,… — Seth Shostak
• In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope… — Edward M. Lerner
• Let us now celebrate the literary allusion. Let us now celebrate the trope and willful enjambment. Let us now celebrate the assonance and alliteration of… — Sherman Alexie

Who Wrote These Trope Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 8 Trope Quotes as follows:

• 1 Trope Quote by Thomas Browne
• 1 Trope Quote by Edward Abbey
• 1 Trope Quote by Jaron Lanier
• 1 Trope Quote by Elizabeth Kostova
• 1 Trope Quote by Seth Shostak
• 1 Trope Quote by Edward M. Lerner
• 1 Trope Quote by Sherman Alexie
• 1 Trope Quote by Mark Gatiss