The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.
Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.
In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.
A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.
Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.