Originality

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known.

- Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist (from his novel Invisible Monsters)

Follow Your Heart

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want. Everything else is secondary.

- Steve Jobs (Stanford, June 2005)

Metaphors to Escape Cliched Reality

Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor. - Wallace Stevens
[Attention-grabbing and amusing role of metaphors]