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Metaphor is the language of relationships, the language of natural systems, in which there is room to communicate in spectrums of possibility, instead of tightly defined cul-de-sacs.

“Metaphor is the language of relationships, the language of natural systems, in which there is room to communicate in spectrums of possibility, instead of tightly defined cul-de-sacs.” — Nora Bateson, An Ecology of Mind

Author YahooeyPosted on March 14, 2018March 6, 2018Categories QuotationsTags An Ecology of Mind, language, metaphor, natural systems, Nora Bateson, possibility, relationshipsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.” — G.K. Chesterton, “A Defence of Slang”

Author YahooeyPosted on March 20, 2015February 14, 2015Categories QuotationsTags G.K. Chesterton, metaphor, poetry, SlangLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“I can handle the truth. It’s the mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms that worries me.” — Eric Jarosinski, Nein Quarterly

Author YahooeyPosted on March 13, 2014June 24, 2016Categories QuotationsTags anthropomorphism, Eric Jarosinski, metaphor, metonym, Nein Quarterly, truth1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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