#meta

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

Most people, including yourself, apparently, think The Moldau is about a river. It is not. It is a metaphor. It is about the progress of life, from its fragile beginnings through its joys and turbulence and on to its end, its magnificent end. ↗

— Gerald Elias

#death

And now you intend to stay here with us in Riva?' asked the burgomaster. 'I do not,' said the hunter with a smile, and to excuse the jest he laid his hand on the burgomaster's knee. 'I am here, more than that I do not know. My boat has no rudder, it is driven by the wind that blows in the nethermost regions of death. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#page- #death

Und das Atmen fällt mir ach so schwer. ↗

— Rammstein

#heavy-metal #death

Once a flower is picked it immediately begins to die. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#dying #metaphor #death

Delia was an overbearing cake with condescending frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#diet #frosting #humor #metaphor #diet

Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams. ↗

— Hiromu Arakawa

#anime #elric #fma #fullmetal #dreams

You mean old books?" "Stories written before space travel but about space travel." "How could there have been stories about space travel before --" "The writers," Pris said, "made it up. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#meta #science-fiction #dreams

I am a shark. A shark who dreamed he was a man. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#metaphor #dreams

Alarm stole over me on little kitten feet. ↗

— Faith Hunter

#faith