Is that true, " I asked, "that song?"" It is a metaphor, " said Mrs. Davis, "it has metaphorical truth."" And the end of the mechanical age, " I said, "is that a metaphor?"" The end of the mechanical age, " said Mrs. Davis, "is in my judgment an actuality straining to become a metaphor. One must wish it luck, I suppose. One must cheer it on. Intellectual rigor demands that we give these damned metaphors every chance, even if they are inimical to personal well-being and comfort. We have a duty to understand everything, whether we like it or not—a duty I would scant if I could." At that moment the water jumped into the boat and sank us. . Donald Barthelme
Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another;the earth moans with metaphors.
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Osip Mandelstam
They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
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Martin Luther
Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.
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Robert McKee
The hours here are flat and round, disks of gray layered one on top of the other...they move slowly, at a grind, until it seems as though they are not moving at all. They are just pressing down...
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Lauren Oliver
The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a neuron's inputs and its targets support vital cellular processes. Neurons unable to connect effectively with other neurons atrophy. Useless, an...
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Lisa Genova
More Quotes By Donald Barthelme
See the moon? It hates us.
The death of God left the angels in a strange position.
--Why are we fighting them?-- They're mad. We're sane.-- How do we know?-- That we're sane?-- Yes.-- Am I sane?-- To all appearances.-- And you, do you consider yourself sane?-- I do.-- Well, there you have it.-- But don't they also consider themselves sane?-- I...
We could unleash all this technology at once. You can imagine what would happen then. But that's not the interesting thing." "What is the interesting thing?" "The interesting thing is that we have a moral sense. It is on punched cards, perhaps the most advanced...
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