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She was a mind floating in an ocean of confusion.

Quoted by Caroline B. Cooney

These words had impressed Clement deeply, inscribed upon his heart.

Quoted by Iris Murdoch

Once a flower is picked it immediately begins to die.

Quoted by Nenia Campbell

Butt holes are like a one-way street; they were made the way they were for a reason.

Quoted by Nenia Campbell

You were a rhyme who mattered, a being who slipped all too often.

Quoted by Dominic Riccitello

Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom

Quoted by Gustave Flaubert

Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Quoted by Bodie Thoene

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Quoted by Truman Capote

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

Quoted by Martin Luther

In poetry, the best way to say cuss words is to hide it behind metaphors.

Quoted by Ymatruz

The hope in her voice now made me think of a flower growing in shadow.

Quoted by Gene Wolfe

The first function of mythology is showing everything as a metaphor to transcendence.

Quoted by Joseph Campbell

You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.

Quoted by Shirley Jump

I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.

Quoted by Olivia Sudjic

I was born walking, born in the nowhere between galaxies.

Quoted by Hannah Lillith Assadi

And instead my beloved, luck sent you back to me colder than ashes, later than shadow.

Quoted by Sophocles

If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

Quoted by IceT

The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.

Quoted by Joseph Campbell

The world is a room of heavy furniture. Eventually you are allowed to leave.

Quoted by Adam Foulds

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Quoted by Chuck Palahniuk

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