#meta

My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#metaphor #beauty

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#contrary #departure #doctrine #journey #metaphysical

We must have a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces - or at the very least a plan for it - something the administration has incredulously failed to do for over two years. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#failed #forces #least #must #over

I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#also #band #bands #best #black

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#dreams #faith #flies #heard #i

It's totally produced now. It's almost like a conveyor belt of what metal's supposed to be like these days. It's not music to me. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#belt #conveyor #days #like #me

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#calling #growing #had #hair #horrible

I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always. ↗

— Dean Cain

#anytime #because #combine #film #fit

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#fatal #growth #idea #inside #leaving

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#poetry #slang