Beast Quote by Ray Bradbury

I'm a metaphor for all of the things I couldn't say

— Ron Pope

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

— Calvin Niles

“Cats are bundles of cute, wrapped in fur and purrs.”

— Jarod Kintz

“metaphor be with you!—”

— Carrie Fisher

“Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat cries.”

— Munia Khan

“You, my reader, who see me close, wonder about my heartbeats and measure my words, you my close friend who know my eyes and…

— Soar Soaring-Words.com

I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used to express…

— Kurt Busiek

“Once, I believed in you like a poem, turned your heart into a metaphor for my heart, turned our mouths into honey and caramel…

— Shinji Moon

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

Each cat has a distinct purrsonality.

— Richard L. Peterson

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

— James J. Kilpatrick

“The best metaphors are a bit magical. They conjure connections that weren’t there in our minds before,”

— Sarah Arthur