Folk legend, fairytale, myth are thought of as escapist, but in reality they’re not – they’re distilled metaphor and truth.
– Alan Garner
Tag: metaphor
Quotable 209
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone’s.
– Dorianne Laux
#quikfic 35
Lenny suddenly saw the mounds of empty mixed-nut cans in his apartment as a metaphor for his life. “Time to switch to trail mix.”