Metaphor Quote by John Green Download Open image “You live for pretentious metaphors.” — John Green ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Metaphor Pretentious
“Big white whale is a metaphor for everything. You live for pretentious metaphors.” — John Green Copy Share Image
We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters. — John Green Copy Share Image
Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind. — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another. — Max Black Copy Share Image
We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image
I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay. — Adrian Frutiger Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Despite which, Charlie seems doomed to stumble around in the dark, clutching pieces of a puzzle he still can't see.” — Garth Risk Hallberg 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
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
