Wisdom & Metaphor Quotes

“that's what I wanted: words made of that: language / that could bend light.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“In illness, we grasp how the self approaches the condition of language.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“Language, too, is a natural phenomenon.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“To understand a metaphor is to recognize that if one context or conceptual constellation is laid over another, just so, aspects or outlines will spring into focus, a common pattern will be discernible — one that makes a difference to our grasp of the individual constellations or contexts separately.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“But critique, too, is empty unless the space it clears becomes home to insight.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor