Graves Quote by George Eliot

But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe we're grass--our…

— John Green

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.

— Roberto Bolano

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind.

— Jane Hirshfield

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.

— Twyla Tharp

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

— Gregory Bateson

We use metaphors to express our own truths.

— Lynn Nottage

The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another.

— George Lakoff

“The “Metaphor is one of thoughts most essential tools. It illuminates what would otherwise be totally obscure. But the illumination is sometimes so bright…

— Alistair Gray

When you lose someone, you go through a lot of metaphors. Our vocabulary falters in the face of death.

— Mary Katharine Ham

“But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ships sink, or maybe we're grass__our roots…

— John Green

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

— James Geary