Quotes by Metaphor It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors. Jorge Luis Borges metaphordifferentmay Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors. Joseph Campbell mythmetaphornarrative It is by metaphor that language grows. Julian Jaynes metaphorgrowslanguage Matterhorn is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again. Karl Marlantes vietnammetaphorwar That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors. Kelly Corrigan metaphorsometimesmeaningful The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works. Kent Beck programmersmetaphorstories Frankenstein can be a metaphor for abandonment, or wanting to be accepted for who you are, or not liking who you are and wanting to actually change that. Kevin Grevioux abandonmentacceptedmetaphor If technology is not a metaphor for memory, what is it? K.K. Raghava metaphortechnologymemories The metaphors exist for the stories. Kurt Busiek metaphorstories The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors. Kurt Busiek metaphordifferentcharacter The metaphor is the story, not the character. Kurt Busiek metaphorstoriescharacter "Lurking" is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow. Larry Wall omnisciencemetaphorwisdom Oh, jeez, please kill that metaphor,...Or kill me. One or the other. Lauren Kate kill-mepleasemetaphor It is one thing, then, to say, "The Bible contains the religion revealed by God ," and quite another to say, "Whatever is contained in the Bible is religion, and was revealed by God." If the latter be accepted, metaphor and allegory become literal statements and the errors and absurdities of bibliolatry follow. Lionel Trilling acceptedmetaphorerrors A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol. Lorna Dee Cervantes metaphormaymen We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things. Lorrie Moore metaphorpossessiontwenties The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality. Mahmoud Darwish strongermetaphorreality There's a metaphor for the American public in here," Gansey murmered darkly, "but it escapes me at the moment. Maggie Stiefvater ganseymetaphormoments Dead metaphors make strong idols. Marcia Falk metaphorstrongidols I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor. Marianne Faithfull metaphorwriting«1234567891011»
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