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Date: 2011

"It's about letting go of the clench in your forehead and letting your heart steer."

— Nadzam, Bonnie

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Date: May 20, 2013

"As this book began to veer astray, I felt that Lindemann's mind was like a sleek yacht built for exhilarating grace and speed but commandeered by moldy tyrants for mundane use as a sluggish freighter."

— Paglia, Camille (b. 1947)

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Date: May 16, 2014

"It was like jump-starting a car, connecting little bits of her brain that fire every system at once."

— Cohen, Joanna

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Date: 2018

"I'm doing fine / Trying to derail my one track mind."

— Dacus, Lucy (b. May 2, 1995)

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Date: June 18, 2018

"Her brain was in overdrive."

— Wang, Weike

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Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"Everyone has the capacity to overthink — but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like 'a car without brakes,' he said."

— Hannah Seo

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.