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“Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual blanket of water pulled back by a celestial hand.”
“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.”
“Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.”
“Every spoken thought is just a symbol for something inside your brain. This word, out here, is like that thought in there. But it's never exact. So, looking at it another way, every word you say is...”
“Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person were reading about, while reading about them. Thats why there is symbols in books and why your English teacher deserves your atte...”
“Sure, zombies can be a metaphor. They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanitys feral nature, as in 28 Days. Or racial politics or fear of contagion or even the consumer unc...”
“I hide myself behind, a cloud of smoke; the smoke screen varies, dependent on the variable. The variable consists of: stress, anguish, boredom, madness, anger, depression, apathy, negativity, sex, ...”
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. Its written for writings sake, as if I were to say, Let me tell you Im dying. Well of course I am. So are you.”
“All wishes are best granted metaphorically. Metaphors are much easier to see than the real thing.”
“The joyous clamor in my mind drowned out the strange sound outside the car: a humming noise that was gathering speed and growing louder, a roar that was not the waves curling up the beach.”
“Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we’re reading about, while reading about them. That’s why there is symbols in books and why your English teacher deserves your at...”
“Sure, zombies can “be a metaphor.” They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanity’s feral nature, as in 28 Days. Or racial politics or fear of contagion or even the consumer ...”
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let me tell you I’m dying.” Well of course I am. So are you.”
