Metaphor Quotes

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors" "He was as fresh as is the month of May" "Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will" "Time is the substance I am made of Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire" "Human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light" "Literature is fire" "The journey is better than the inn" "The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water" "Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark" "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf" "To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour" "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it" "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. " "In what language does rain fall over tormented cities" "The birds of night peck at the first stars that flash like my soul when I love you"