"Hospital vigils take place in slow-time, during which the mind floats free, like a frail balloon drifting into the sky."
— Oates, Joyce Carol (b. 1938)
Author
Work Title
Date
December 13, 2010
Metaphor
"Hospital vigils take place in slow-time, during which the mind floats free, like a frail balloon drifting into the sky."
Metaphor in Context
Hospital vigils inspire such nostalgia. Hospital vigils take place in slow-time, during which the mind floats free, like a frail balloon drifting into the sky.
(p. 76)
(p. 76)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Joyce Carol Oates, "A Widow's Story" The New Yorker December 13, 2010.
Date of Entry
12/30/2010
