Books Quote by Ogden Nash

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

— James J. Kilpatrick

“Similes are like metaphors.”

— Anonymous

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

“Metaphors are like similes, the only difference is.”

— Aaron Davidson

Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be differe.

— Denis Donoghue

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.

— Twyla Tharp

If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.

— Kurt Busiek

When you're looking around for metaphor or simile, I do think it's often helpful to keep inside the world of the book, to gather…

— Leigh Newman

Love can't be a metaphor anymore. If you try to make literature out of it, it doesn't work.

— Vivian Gornick

Metaphor is embodied in language.

— Dennis Potter

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

— John Green

Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset