#metaphor

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#metaphor #poetry #wisdom #love

Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#metaphor #love

Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#metaphors #nature

Religion is the opiate of the masses. ↗

— Karl Marx

#philosophical #religion #religion

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet. ↗

— Martin Luther

#religion #religion

The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by large numbers of the people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain "indicator species" of plants and birds, torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#democracy

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest. ↗

— Patrick Jones

#different #metaphor #rebels #wisdom #authority

Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces. ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#memories #metaphor #pain #tears

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#least #metaphors #most #space #truth

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 is--the strong horse that pulls the whole cart. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#metaphor