Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.

Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.

There is no aspect of our experience not molded in some way by metaphor's almost imperceptible touch.

I'm always amazed that people will stand around books for hours and only look at the spine. I think I should write a book called "the power of having a spine" - #metaphor

For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shooting the arrows into the air, one will come down and hit a glass house!