Metaphor Quotes


All that is transitory is but a metaphor. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Metaphor 208
Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces. Richard Kadrey Metaphor 148
Hope is the crystal meth of emotions it hooks you fast and kills you hard. Jennifer Donnelly Metaphor 110
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sigmund Freud Metaphor 83
Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it. Terry Pratchett Metaphor 80
Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few a very few endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following. R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton Metaphor 78
Who was it that said Men are but wheat and the government is the bread Ah yes that was my grandfather who shouted that shortly before hurling a loaf of bread at President Hoover during the great depression. Jarod Kintz Metaphor 65
Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really isthe strong horse that pulls the whole cart. Winston Churchill Metaphor 65
Happiness is the china shop love is the bull. H.L. Mencken Metaphor 64
Boredom was my bedmate and it was hogging the sheets. Andrew Davidson Metaphor 61
Youre a marshmallow. Soft and sweet and when you get heated up you go all gooey and delicious. Janet Evanovich Metaphor 47
Im oxygen and hes dying to breathe. Tahereh Mafi Metaphor 45
My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. L.M. Montgomery Metaphor 43
I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks but Im drowning in ellipses. Isaac Marion Metaphor 40
Every word was a singing sparrow a magic trick a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. Elizabeth Gilbert Metaphor 39
People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Khaled Hosseini Metaphor 38
I know the expression love bloomed is metaphorical but in my heart in this moment there is one badass flower captured in timelapse photography going from bud to wild radiant blossom in ten seconds flat. Jandy Nelson Metaphor 38
If funkytown was a trailerpark this guy would be a doublewide. Maya Angelou Metaphor 37
I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now Im seeing we dont live in a single song. We move from song to song from lyric to lyric from chord to chord. There is no ending here. Its an infinite playlist. David Levithan Metaphor 36
Lifes a climb. But the view is great. Miley Cyrus Metaphor 35
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue Anne Lamott Metaphor 34
Im a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. Mother Teresa Metaphor 33
I am not plain or average or God forbid vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles hot fudge and a cherry on top. Wendy Mass Metaphor 33
Love is a piano dropped from a four story window and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two Little Girls Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco Metaphor 32
They say the eyes are the window to the soul. Wendy Mass Metaphor 31
Religion is the opiate of the masses. Karl Marx Metaphor 30
Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves. Thomas S. Monson Metaphor 29
Into the darkness they go the wise and the lovely. Edna St. Vincent Millay Metaphor 27

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