Once a flower is picked it immediately begins to die.
Nenia CampbellFor somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shooting the arrows into the air, one will come down and hit a glass house!
Agatha ChristieTag: humor metaphors metaphor mixed-metaphor poirot hercule-poirot
A chill December morning dawned, with rags and tatters of mist hanging on the trees like poor people’s washing.
Ken FollettTrees are like people and give the answers to the way of Man. They grow from the top down. Children, like treetops, have flexibility of youth, and sway more than larger adults at the bottom. They are more vulnerable to the elements, and are put to the test of survival by life's strong winds, rain, freezing cold, and hot sun. Constantly challenged. As they mature, they journey down the tree, strengthening the family unit until one day they have become big hefty branches. In the stillness below, having weathered the seasons, they now relax in their old age, no longer subject to the stress from above. It's always warmer and more enclosed at the base of the tree. The members remain protected and strong as they bear the weight and give support to the entire tree. They have the endurance.
Ralph HelferTag: family metaphor inspirational-life
As the new Adam, it might be said, his final act was to cast the Apple of Knowledge into the deep blue sea.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tag: metaphor symbolism adolf-von-kleist mandarax
We begin in the world as anagrams of our antecedents.
Maggie O'FarrellBil ki Cafer, ben geleceği görüyorum diyen, her zulmü kendisine hak görecektir.!
Reha ÇamuroğluComparisons are like rigid fingers—eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: metaphor allegory irony example richelle richelle-goodrich comparisons
To get from the tangible to the intangible (which mature artists in any medium claim as part of their task) a paradox of some kind has frequently been helpful. For the photographer to free himself of the tyranny of the visual facts upon which he is utterly dependent, a paradox is the only possible tool. And the talisman paradox for unique photography is to work "the mirror with a memory" as if it were a mirage, and the camera is a metamorphosing machine, and the photograph as if it were a metaphor…. Once freed of the tyranny of surfaces and textures, substance and form [the photographer] can use the same to pursue poetic truth" (Minor White, Newhall, 281).
Minor WhiteTag: wisdom art photography reality inspiration illusion metaphor artist concept minor-white
By now, we're all familiar with the literary post-apocalyptic world's metaphors. The zombies are our anxieties. The vampires are our greed. Our fairies are hope. Our werewolves are … what again? Something
Taffy Brodesser-AknerTag: metaphor vampires fairies zombies werewolves
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