#metaphor

A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dawn #famous-quotes #gardens #inspiration #language

People say that eyes are windows to the soul. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#life #metaphor #inspirational

But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids.I didn't care if they sang to me.All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called me name again and again,pulling me upward into light,to drown. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#metaphor #inspirational

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#had #i #interest #lives #metaphor

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it. ↗

— Maimonides

#another #capacity #certain #discover #during

The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#art

I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#couples #kiss #love #metaphor #need

Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater, and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid? ↗

— Alex Flinn

#metaphor #symbol #life

She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to her, and her fantastically accurate shot-placing was certainly a study in composition. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#painting #suzanne-lenglen #tennis #love

The HBS logo shone high above, a surrogate sun for the overcast day. ↗

— Jack Heath

#money