Entry 181

Language is memory and metaphor.
Storm Jameson

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.
Jack Nicholson

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
Orson Scott Card

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
M. H. Abrams

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Diane Ackerman

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
Gilbert K. Chesterton