Metaphors failed him, then. He had gone beyond the world of metaphor and simile into the place of things that are, and it was changing him.

“Non era stato coraggioso, restando lì fermo a farsi pungere - disse Coraline al…”

“Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and mad…”

“When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House …”

“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.”