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“We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet girl, there are wolves at the door. If we are not careful, they might eat us.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

tags: alfred, anger, caution, distrust, fear, hannelore, metaphor, ruta-sepetys, salt-to-the-sea, wolf-imagery

33 likes

“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: john-green, the-fault-in-our-stars

5815 likes

“it's colder than a witch's tit in a steel bra”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

tags: cold, grayson, metaphor, will, will-grayson

16 likes

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

tags: adage, adulthood, advertisement, alliterations, amit-kalantri, amit-kalantri-quotes, amit-kalantri-writer, babies, blog, blogging, book-writing, caring-for-others, catch-lines, catchphrases, character, characters, child, childhood, children, creative-writing, dad, daddy, daughter, essay, family, father, growing-up, inspirational, knowledge, metaphor, mom, moon, mother, motivational, movie, movie-dialogue, mummy, novel-writing, obedience, parenthood, parenting, parents, philosophy, proverbs, public-speaking, punchline, quotes, respect, rhetoric, script, script-writing, scriptwriting, simile, slogans, social-networking, son, soothing, speech, speechwriting, story, strengthening, sun, tag-lines, temper, wisdom, wit, witty, writing

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“Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.”
― Kamand Kojouri