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“I have just read a long novel by Henry James. Much of it made me think of the priest condemned for a long space to confess nuns.”

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“As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.” “Wow...,” I breathed. She frowned at me. “That was a great metaphor,” I said. “Oh please.” “I need to write that down,” I said, ignoring her complaints, fishing for my new mobile to type it out.”

Blind Metaphor Man Accurate Write Mobile During Earthquake Pissing

Book:Firefight

Source: Firefight

“...you must understand that not even the Jedi know all there is to be known about the Force; no mortal mind can. We speak of the will of the Force as someone ignorant of gravity might say it is the will of a river to flow to the ocean; it is a metaphor that describes our ignorance. The simple truth - if any truth is ever simple - is that we do not truly know what the will of the Force may be. We can never know. It is so far beyond our limited understanding that we can only surrender to its mystery.”

Truth Mystery Ignorance Metaphor Gravity Jedi The Force Obi Wan Kenobi Simple Truth Old Ben Surrender To Mystery The Will Of The Force

Book:Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Source: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

“In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself as a human, and only at night is it safe to shed the costume he must wear by daylight, and indulge his true nature.”

Metaphor Demon True Nature A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara

Book:A Little Life

Source: A Little Life

“I still remember the flush of blood in her cheeks as she danced. She was all the raw colours of life, the crude beauty of nature. I am the human concept of beauty. Gold made soft and supple in man's form.”

Metaphor Darrow Love Two Halves Of One Whole

Book:Red Rising

Source: Red Rising

“- Las reses son ciegas porque no necesitan ojos, puesto que viven en la oscuridad. ¿Y sabes por qué? Porque no hay nada ahí fuera que pueda interesarles. Porque si salen de los túneles morirán de hambre y de frío. Porque en el pasado los animales que salían, atraídos por la luz, jamás regresaban, y al final los que quedaron vivos fueron aquellos que no necesitaban ver, aquellos que sabían apretujarse unos contra otros para mantener el calor. Prefiero ser una res ciega viva que un idiota muerto -concluyó, ceñuda.”

Fear Experience Curiosity Metaphor Cowardice

Book:La emperatriz de los etéreos

Source: La emperatriz de los etéreos

“Life--it goes on. Change happens. Secrets get out. Challenges appear. Decisions are forced. Whether we're ready for them or not.”

Life Lessons Change Challenges

Book:The Archive of the Forgotten

Source: The Archive of the Forgotten

“I'm like a circus standing on two legs.”

Art Metaphor Funny Quotes Artists Circus Humorous Quotes Performance Artists Quotes Actor Artists Life Multitasking Performance Art Actor Quotes Performer Actors Wisdom

Author:Nuno Roque

“Tristan was the soundtrack of my summer. The beat I walked to. The melody I breathed in and out. The lyrics I lived by.”

Love Music Metaphor

Book:A Week of Mondays

Source: A Week of Mondays

“The power of the metaphor is that in a single flash the entire idea is revealed.”

Communication Metaphor

Book:Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey

Source: Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey

“. . .the particular way he had of structuring his paragraphs, beginning and ending each with a joke that wasn't really a joke, but an insult cloaked in a silken cape.”

Metaphor Descriptive A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara

Book:A Little Life

Source: A Little Life