Quotes About Symbolism

Some would say the Creator is a lamb. Some would say he's a lion. Some would say both. The fact is, he is neither a lamb nor a lion. These are fiction. Metaphors. Yet the Creator is both a lamb and a lion. These are both truths.

Mary is an apple. Whoever plucks her Nails his heart To the leafless tree.

The little hearts you painted on everything Remained, like the track of your panic. The splashes of a wound

When I had that attack of pleurosis - he asked me what was the matter when I came back. I said pleurosis - he thought that I said Blue Roses! So that's what he always called me after that. Whenever he saw me, he'd holler, Hello, Blue Roses!

Probably our lives are full of symbols which only an unacknowledged sense perceives. Spiritual events assume a material guise, in accordance with some creative principle, but do not insist on recognition. ("Absolute Evil")

That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears.

a tree is never just a tree, it is bigger and deeper and wiser than a girl like you will ever be.

De cuando en cuando me ocurre vomitar un conejito.

Once in a while it happens that I vomit up a bunny.

Pero las cosas invisibles necesitan encarnarse, las ideas caen a la tierra como palomas muertas.

Porque en ese vacio vertiginoso las metaforas saltaban hacia el como arañas

París es una enorme metáfora.

Think of this: when they present you with a watch, they are gifting you with a tiny flowering hell, a wreath of roses, a dungeon of air.

Ma le cose invisibili hanno bisogno di incarnarsi, le idee cadono a terra come colombe morte.

fuiste siempre un espejo terrible, una espantosa máquina de repeticiones, y lo que llamamos amarnos fue quizá que yo estaba de pie delante de vos, con una flor amarilla en la mano, y vos sostenías dos velas verdes y el tiempo soplaba contra nuestras caras una lenta lluvia de renuncias y despedidas y tickets de metro.

Una de las esperanzas dejó en el suelo su pez de flauta —pues las esperanzas, como el Rey del Mar, están siempre asistidas por peces de flauta—

con en la pelvis el signo de Antonin Artaud

Piensa en esto: cuando te regalan un reloj te regalan un pequeño infierno florido, una cadena de rosas, un calabozo de aire.

Toliko sam kofera zatvorio u životu, tolike sate proveo pakuju?i prtljag sa kojim nikada nisam putovao, da je ?etvrtak bio dan pun senki i remenja, jer kad vidim remenje za kofere kao da vidim senke, delove nekog bi?a koji me šiba posredno, na najsuptilniji i najužasniji na?in.

What were the living dead, Wolgast thought, but a metaphor for the misbegotten march of middle age? It

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

Metaphors, like perceptions, are drawn from common experiences.

When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.

Dragons are integral to the Chinese Culture. The First Emperor of China is known as the Dragon King, and the people are known as Descendants of Dragons. - Kailin Gow, Amazon Lee Adventures in China: Tomb of the Dragon King.