In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.
Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.
A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.
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.
You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.