But is the unicorn a falsehood? It's the sweetest of animals and a noble symbol. It stands for Christ and for chastity; it can be captured only by setting a virgin in the forest, so that the animal, catching her most chaste odor, will go and lay its head in her lap, offering itself as prey to the hunters' snares."
"So it is said, Adso. But many tend to believe that it's a fable, an invention of the pagans."
"What a disappointment," I said. "I would have liked to encounter one, crossing a wood. Otherwise what's the pleasure of crossing a wood?
Mots clés christianity religion symbolism fables mythology unicorns
From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.
Criss JamiMots clés art human-nature suffering mistakes struggle artists poverty symbolism perfect imperfections recovery prosperity riches starving rags rags-to-riches riches-to-rags starving-artist
Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.
Stephen KingIf you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn't.
Roger EbertMots clés symbolism
The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable.
C.S. LewisMots clés death symbolism grave
The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such negligible quantity. The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore symbolic. And the symbolism, when examined even cursorily, doesn't seem too adorable. The intended beneficiary of the stunt is a ruling group with close ties to two of the most retrograde dictatorships in the Middle East, each of which has recently been up to its elbows in the blood of its own civilians. The same group also manages to maintain warm relations with, or at the very least to make cordial remarks about, both Hezbollah and al-Qaida. Meanwhile, a document that was once accurately described as a 'warrant for genocide' forms part of the declared political platform of the aforesaid group. There is something about this that fails to pass a smell test.
Christopher HitchensMots clés politics activism antisemitism dictatorship symbolism genocide human-rights israel palestine hezbollah middle-east israeli-palestinian-conflict hamas gaza gaza-war al-qaeda freedom-flotilla-ii protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion
If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.
Criss JamiMots clés wisdom truth strength einstein solitude loneliness genius alone foolish perseverance theory fools wise discovery symbolism true lonely albert-einstein hypothesis wolf representation planet solitary symbol loners wise-man lone lone-wolf represent
What do you think dignity's all about?'
The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.
Mots clés humor integrity respect symbolism honor dignity
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good unless you can see a symbol hiding, like a scared gerbil, under every page. And in many creative writing course the little beasts multiply, the place swarms with them. What does this Mean? What does that Symbolize? What is the Underlying Mythos? Kids come lurching out of such courses with a brain full of gerbils. And they sit down and write a lot of empty pomposity, under the impression that that’s how Melville did it.
Ursula K. Le GuinMots clés symbolism
Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.
Ashly LorenzanaMots clés individuality life perception world humanity colors black appreciation respect open-mindedness symbolism personal white preferences
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