Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ✨ O…

Orson Scott Card
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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ✨ Orson Scott Card (1996). Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker, p.33, Macmillan
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