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

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.

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

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.

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

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.