“And metaphors like cats behind your smile,
Each one wound up to purr,
each one a pride,
Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (…)”

—  Ray Bradbury, book Zen in the Art of Writing

Source: Zen in the Art of Writing

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American writer 1920–2012

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