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To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous — Yukio Mishima

The man's emotions flowed back and forth like waves of the sea. — Marc Cameron

A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again. — Eoin Colfer

Science is not metaphorical. Science is scientific. — Barbara Brown Taylor

By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery, — James Geary

My faith is a tool I employ, a metaphorical context I find apt, but it is inert until placed in a hand that needs it. — Thomm Quackenbush

Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin. — Alane Ferguson

Reality can have metaphorical content; that does not make it less real. — Salman Rushdie

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me. — Charlie Kaufman

Updike was the first to take the penile sensorium under the wing of elaborate metaphorical prose. — Nicholson Baker

The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics. — Iain McGilchrist

Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature. — W. H. Auden

Yup, believe it: I was born on March 28, yet my name is April. — Sarah Mlynowski

And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things? — Owen Barfield

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened. — Criss Jami

A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write. — Alice McDermott

The problem is Twitter is designing the metaphorical equivalent of a Toyota Prius. A car for the masses. While I want a Formula One race car. — Robert Scoble

Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor. — Stephen Colbert

All knowledge is ultimately rooted in metaphorical (or analogical) modes of perception and thought. — Denis Leary

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time. — Sylvester Stallone

I've never had a rat, never chased one. I chase my own tail and that's enough. I must now make plans for the day I catch it. — Chila Woychik

Just as we know when we strike a metaphorical nerve with someone, we also know when we tap into what inspires them. — Elaina Marie

Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature. — George Lakoff

You should approach each book
you should approach life
with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point. — Sherman Alexie

Actually getting closer to a metaphorical truth? Or metaphorically getting closer to an actual truth? — Haruki Murakami

Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races ... very handy. — Terry Pratchett

You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ... - Hazel Grace Lancaster — John Green

Magic of Southern expressions? Similes and metaphorical allusions. They are the yellow highlighter of conversation. — Tim Heaton

Poetry is the establishment of a metaphorical link between white butterfly-wings and the scraps of torn-up love-letters. — Carl Sandburg

The mind is inherently embodied.
Thought is mostly unconscious.
Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical. — George Lakoff

One fleece down, one to go. — Pattie Mallette

Wallowing in the metaphorical mud of life helps pass time but doesn't really achieve much of any lasting value. — Steven Redhead

I think all writing about art is in some way dancing to architecture. It's all about similitude, being analogous, metaphorical, adjectival, etc. — Rob Chapman

The economy is just a metaphorical device, it's not real-that's why it's got the word "con" in the middle of it. — Russell Brand

Am I the moss on your bark, then?" Ani asked.
Enna grabbed her around the waist and shook her affectionately. "You're the mossiest girl I know. — Shannon Hale

It was an allegorical, metaphorical, rhetorical question. — Billy Phillips

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. — Joyce Carol Oates

Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space. — John L'Heureux

My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness. — Alice Walker

Don't stir all the warmth out of your coffee; drink it. — Kate Chopin

I think poetry without metaphor is like husband and wife living in separate bedrooms. — Munia Khan

Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical. — David S.Goyer

Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery. — Joseph Campbell

What he needed was a metaphorical Bobbit job — Tyne O'Connell

Creativity is the art that can give rise to visionary metaphorical relationships, as opposed to purely psy-chological ones. — Carl Jung

Where death follows, there's life. When darkness surrounds you in a world of chaos, search and you'll eventually find the light. — Lee Argus