I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image. Votes: 1
Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in. Votes: 1
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Votes: 9 Elizabeth Kenny
Metaphors, similes, puns - all manner of metonymy - I'm interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine - language that can only be understood through acculturation. Votes: 5 Joshua Cohen
Using adverbs is a mortal sin. Votes: 3 Elmore Leonard