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Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.


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You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.



The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.



Metaphors hide in plain sight, and their influence is largely unconscious. We should mind our metaphors, though, because metaphors make up our minds.

Metaphors hide in plain sight, and their influence is largely unconscious. We should mind our metaphors, though, because metaphors make up our minds.



By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.

By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.



A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.



Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.

Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.



Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.

Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.



Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.



Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.



In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.

In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.





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The paintings have a lot to do with the idea of seeing and doing, and the relationship between your hand and your eye, and the object.

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