"Blood was its Avatar and its seal."

Symbolism, Blood, Power, Identity

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"There was a necklace inside. A thin silver chain with a small pendant, a silver pansy."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Symbolism, Memory, Symbol, Emotion, Connection

"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Symbolism, Story, Truth, Repetition, Simplicity

"Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it was at first."A dog?" asked Zee, staring at my necklace."A lamb," I said defensively, tucking it safely back under my shirt. "Because one of Christ's names is 'The Lamb of God.'"Samuel's shoulders shook slightly. "I can see it now, Mercy holding a roomful of vampire at bay with her glowing sheep."I gave his shoulder a hard push, aware of the heat climbing to my cheeks, but it didn't help. He sang in a soft taunting voice, "Mercy had a little lamb..."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Symbolism, Faith, Humor, Identity

"As day is to a sword, night is to a shield."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Symbolism, Day, Night, Contrast

"The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else and run away even before he comes near them the fly lights upon his very nose."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Symbolism, Animals, Audacity, Behavior

"Pearls mean tears."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

Symbolism, Pearls, Tears

"Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

Symbolism, Equality, Power, Symbol, Humanity

"Symbols, Langdon said, "in no way confirm the presence of their original creators."

Dan Brown, American Author

Symbolism, Meaning, History, Interpretation, Knowledge

"It was all extremely symbolic; but then, if you choose to think so, nothing in this world is not symbolical."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Symbolism, Meaning, Interpretation, Life

"Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird meaning death."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Symbolism, Glory, Death, Nature

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"True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute."

Mind

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

Psychology

"To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary."

Creativity

"If Pierre Bon-Bon had his failings--and what great man has not a thousand?--if Pierre Bon-Bon, I say, had his failings, they were failings of very little importance--faults indeed which, in other tempers, have often been looked upon rather in the light of virtues."

Philosophy

"In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me."

Friendship

"Let him talk," said Dupin, who had not thought it necessary to reply. "Let him discourse; it will ease his conscience, I a satisfied with having defeated him in his own castle."

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"There was a necklace inside. A thin silver chain with a small pendant, a silver pansy."

"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel."

"As day is to a sword, night is to a shield."

"The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else and run away even before he comes near them the fly lights upon his very nose."

"Pearls mean tears."

"Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall."

"Symbols, Langdon said, "in no way confirm the presence of their original creators."

"It was all extremely symbolic; but then, if you choose to think so, nothing in this world is not symbolical."

"Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird meaning death."

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"There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm."

"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."

"I have no words - alas! - to tellThe loveliness of loving well!"

"True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute."

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

"To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary."

"If Pierre Bon-Bon had his failings--and what great man has not a thousand?--if Pierre Bon-Bon, I say, had his failings, they were failings of very little importance--faults indeed which, in other tempers, have often been looked upon rather in the light of virtues."

"In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me."

"Let him talk," said Dupin, who had not thought it necessary to reply. "Let him discourse; it will ease his conscience, I a satisfied with having defeated him in his own castle."