Metaphor Quotes

"Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind" "Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth." "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it" "Envy is the ulcer of the soul" "Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title." "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face" "Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana" "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth" "You can't get on my level, you gon' need a space shuttle or a ladder that's forever" "Real Gs move in silence like lasagna" "Reality is as thin as paper" "I am a cage in search of a bird" "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it." "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us" "Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it" "Life is like a song, sometimes happy and sometimes sad, but always beautiful." "It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked" "Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?" "In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time."