Life Metaphor Quotes

“He turns his back to the far shore and rows toward it. He can in this way travel away from, yet still see, his house....he feels he is riding a floating skeleton...Some birds in the almost-dark are flying as close to their reflections as possible.”
― Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero

“Life is like a B-picture script.”
― Kirk Douglas

“Sometimes it's hard to tell what derails a train and with life, it is the same.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, As the moon began to rust

“Life's a carnival.”
― Angela Carter, Wise Children

“The carnival's got to stop, some time.”
― Angela Carter, Wise Children

“When it starts out, life is an equation that almost solely consists of unknown. Inherent in it: unlimited options, Infinite promise.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, The way they leave: A crime novella about the delusions you choose to believe in