For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the other way around, and when you listened to one of his stories, you'd find yourself performing rapid calculations in your head, subtracting superlatives, figuring the square root of an absolute and then multiplying by maybe.

Tim O'Brien

Mots clés figurative

Aller à la citation

---

You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.

Criss Jami

Mots clés avoidance football problem issues running hiding defense running-away figurative field blind-spots evading

Aller à la citation

---

The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.

Criss Jami

Mots clés humor knowledge god time work patience humility funny understanding prayer metaphor waiting obedience hard-work cute timing faithfulness omniscience misunderstanding impatience literal praying cookie figurative prudence bigger-picture foreknowledge

Aller à la citation

---

Page 1 de 1.

---

---