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“Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.”

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There is no aspect of our experience not molded in some way by metaphor's almost imperceptible touch.

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“For life is short and the art of writing books is very, very long.”

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Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

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Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

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

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I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

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Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.

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