Quote by Tana French Download Open image ““In ways too dark and crucial to be called metaphorical, I never left that wood.”” — Tana French ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Man is so used to thinking visually that I almost forgot the darkness and pictured the endless corridor of wood and glass in its… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood.” — Dante Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the road of my life, I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost.” — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Ah,… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“You could build a world out of need or you could hold everything black and see. You give back the lack. You hold everything… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
“A wood at night, or even more at twilight, can be a strange place. Fear begins to come more quickly in a wood, with… — H.E. Bates Copy Share Image
“The “Metaphor is one of thoughts most essential tools. It illuminates what would otherwise be totally obscure. But the illumination is sometimes so bright… — Alistair Gray Copy Share Image
“All the metaphors in this world wouldn’t scratch the surface of what stepping into darkness is like for me. And that’s just darkness. Don’t… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“We couldn't see the real dark for the metaphorical dark. Because of the metaphorical dark, the death-dark, we were constantly concerned to banish the… — Kathleen Jamie Copy Share Image
“The best metaphors are a bit magical. They conjure connections that weren’t there in our minds before,” — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“...the solitude was intoxicating. On my first night there I lay on my back on the sticky carpet for hours, in the murky orange… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“I remember this country back when I was growing up. We went to church, we ate family suppers around the table, and it would… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“That house shimmered in my mind like some fairy fort that appeared for one day in a lifetime, tantalizing and charged, with those four… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“It would take a while to occur to him that my rules had sweet fuck-all in common with his.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day. — Tana French Copy Share Image
“…out here in the real world, my man, you would be amazed how seldom murder has to break into people’s lives. Ninety-nine times out… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Before I could get my bearings he was on top of me and shoving my face down into the dirt. He was bigger and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones. Remember,… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic gluttony. I… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“For ten years Dublin’s been changing faster than our minds can handle. The economic boom has given us too many people with helicopters and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
When we can't see a pattern, we fit pieces together until one takes shape, because we have to. — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Stephen shrugged. “Yeah. Well. I said I would.” “Ah. Are we having issues?” “This feels sleazy.” “I promise I’ll respect you in the morning.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
