"Metaphor is one thing, life is another"

The maturation process of the soul is a continuous process of self-discovery and self-exploration. Unless we first understand ourselves, otherwise it would be difficult for us to understand others. ——Carnegie

Translate all the moonlight into sunlight, and translate all the dampness of moss at night into the swaying of bright young leaves during the day, then I might stutter and confess all of this. ——Yukio Mishima, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion"

Empty! Accepting the great emptiness of life seems to be the only purpose of living. That vast emptiness of countless busy and important little things! ——Lawrence "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

I would like to sleep with you and enter your dream, when its silky black waves roll over my head. ——Margaret Atwood, "Sleep Variations"

Life is sometimes kind enough to give us effective metaphors to help us see clearly who we are, what we desire, and where we are going. . But metaphor is one thing, life is another.

——André Aciman