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Quotes About Symbolism

trn se ne uvija oko kozje krvi nego kozja krv grli trn.
~ Emily Bronte
Love is its own rescue; for we, at our supremest, are but its trembling emblems.
~ Emily Dickinson
Did the harebell loose her girdle To the lover bee, Would the bee the harebell hallow Much as formerly?
~ Emily Dickinson
The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so true, And Earth is quite coquettish, and beseemeth in vain to sue.
~ Emily Dickinson
The name – of it – is "Autumn" – The hue – of it – is Blood
~ Emily Dickinson
I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too — And angels know the rest.
~ Emily Dickinson
A snake is summer's treason
~ Emily Dickinson
La genciana trenza sus bordes, el telar del arce está rojo. Mis flores moribundas eluden la ostentación.
~ Emily Dickinson
They used to draw a skull at the bottom of a tankard, so when you'd drained it you'd be reminded you were going to die someday.
~ Emma Donoghue
What's that supposed to mean? A wolf's head on a stick. Big wolf barbecue tonight? Bring your own wolf?
~ Eoin Colfer
A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.
~ Eoin Colfer
We don't need the victim's entrails for their own sake, only for the sake of the signs they convey. And we don't worship the crow or the raven -- we worship God who communicates by means of them.
~ Epictetus
A woman of European heritage sporting a preacher's collar had the opposite effect of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. She used her privilege and the favored religion to look like a golden child.
~ Eric Jerome Dickey
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.
~ Eric Schlosser
For what angry God arching backward over the world. his anus spitting fire, the fetid breath of his mouth propelling blood-colored clouds, his navel full of burnt pitch and singed feathers, have we given our eyes, our teeth, our eyeglasses, bales of our our hair, and the magic of our worthless gold?
~ Erica Jong
She explains that in the evolution of religions, the god of the old religion always becomes the devil of the new.
~ Erica Jong
I wished for you to be born a daughter though we know that daughters cannot but be born for burning like the fatal tree.
~ Erica Jong
I am nailed to the cross of my imagination.
~ Erica Jong
Writers know that if you want to portray a person succinctly, tellingly, you describe the way he eats. Food is the royal road to the unconscious.
~ Amanda Hesser
Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.
~ Ambrose Bierce
üçüncü dereceden denklemleri ele alan çok ciddi bir eser yazmaya giriÅŸti. Bu cebir eserinde Hayyam, bilinmeyen say?y? göstermek için Arapçadaki ÅŸey terimini kullanm??; İspanyollar?n ilmi eserlerine Xay olarak geçen bu kelime zamanla k?salt?l?p sadece ilk harfine indirgenmiÅŸ, sonra da x tüm dünyada bilinmeyen say?n?n simgesi haline gelmiÅŸti.
~ Amin Maalouf
Religious minorities (including Jews) will have to wear special insignia in Iraq
~ Amir Taheri
U]se extreme caution, and please remember that 451 degrees Fahrenheit is more than just a book a title....
~ Ammon Shea
A tortoise's shell is a house of the poverty and if the tortoise is taken to the wealthy town, it will still be living in its house of poverty.
~ Amos Tutuola