"There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

Metaphor, Metaphors

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"There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors."

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"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"If the pocket goes dry but the mind is fertile, awake and plant something noble in the mind and you shall surely reap something noble in the end, no matter what!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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"Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real."

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"A bull that allows a he goat to deter it from moving forward is nothing but a mere he goat."

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"Most people who lose their lives because life might be down for them only refuse to know what a tuber of yam that is put into the soil goes through before it comes up as a fresh green creeping plant to bear yet another bigger tuber."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Metaphor, Life, Growth, Struggle

"Your this beautiful ship that will sail a long way, and I'd only be your anchor""A ship without an anchor can never be at rest."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Metaphor, Rest, Support, Relationship

"A lamb in a city of wolves."

Karen Marie Moning, American Author

Metaphor, Isolation, Truth, Sensitivity

"For I am a drop of water, I may change but I will never vanish in thin air."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Metaphor, Water, Change, Vanishing

"She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale."

Stephen King, American Author

Metaphor, Obsession, Sight, Truth, Fantasy

"Believe me when I say: 'Out of all those around, she's the best locksmith in town.' Her stethoscope ears know when the dials of your heart click into place.She's been cutting keys for years.You don't stand a chance with that flimsy case.Alas, no matter how you lock your heart- bolt, fixture, and key- she's got nimble fingersthat pick locks for free.Padlocks and deadboltsare all in vain.Why do you even botherwith that chain?She's way too smart. Along with ours, she'll have your heart. And you will see that the best locksmith in town is she."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Metaphor, Heart, Skill, Love, Protection

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"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

"If the pocket goes dry but the mind is fertile, awake and plant something noble in the mind and you shall surely reap something noble in the end, no matter what!"

"Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real."

"A bull that allows a he goat to deter it from moving forward is nothing but a mere he goat."

"Most people who lose their lives because life might be down for them only refuse to know what a tuber of yam that is put into the soil goes through before it comes up as a fresh green creeping plant to bear yet another bigger tuber."

"Your this beautiful ship that will sail a long way, and I'd only be your anchor""A ship without an anchor can never be at rest."

"A lamb in a city of wolves."

"For I am a drop of water, I may change but I will never vanish in thin air."

"She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale."

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"Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain."

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."

"Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers."

"Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving."

"The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors."