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

James Geary

Like sushi, aphorisms come in small portions, are exquisitely formed, and always leave you wanting more.

James Geary

A metaphor is both detour and destination, a digression that gets to the point.

James Geary

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

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Aphorisms are literary loners, set apart from the world because they're worlds unto themselves. They're like porcupines, bristling with prickly philosophical spines. Rub them the wrong way and you're in for a surprise.

James Geary

Like a good joke, a good aphorism has a punch line, a quick verbal or psychological flip, a sudden sting in the tail that gives you a jolt.

James Geary

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and others, how we communicate and learn, discover and invent.

James Geary

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

James Geary

James Geary

James Geary

Born: 1962 (age 62)

Bio: James Geary is an American-born writer, former Europe editor of Time and deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.

Known for:

The world in a phrase (2005)
Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007)
The Body Electric (2002)

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