Metaphor Quote by Ned Beauman

“His kind of man needed to lift up his eyes and look as far as possible beyond his own small, limited patch of ground.”

— Robert Seethaler

“Quite remarkable. An associative house, every room of which is located somewhere else. So imaginative. Your grandfather was a man of vision, Door.” “I…

— Neil Gaiman

“I turned, hiking my coat up around my chin. Anyone who looked closely would be able to see that something wasn't right, but the…

— Seanan McGuire

“He had one of those faces where you were aware of the bones beneath the skin, as if even his bare skull would be…

— David Nicholls

“A silhouette was striding down the center of the road, heading for the alley we’d just vacated. Lean, tall, a long black coat rippling…

— Julie Kagawa

“For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“He stands in the kitchen doorway, a black figure surrounded by the yellow light background, the small details of his face unseen from the…

— Frank Turner Hollon

“Yet sometimes he thought (or maybe hoped) that strangers in the street seemed to know him. Very strange strangers they were, too. A tiny…

— J.K. Rowling

“But do not take this responsibility lightly, my boy. The Gauntlet casts an ominous shadow.”

— Anonymous

“Appearances, appearances. The great facade. How to Live Blindly in a Blind World 101.”

— Matthew Quick

“I've been kidnapped by a madman in tights and a cape.”

— Chelsea M. Campbell

“He wants awfully to be inside staring out: anybody with their nose pressed against a glass is liable to look stupid.”

— Truman Capote