Date: 1992

"The smell of cocaine assailed him and he felt his nerves stretching like piano wires."

— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)

Date: 1992

"His thoughts shimmered like a hesitating stream, gathering into pools of discrete and vivid imagery."

— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)

Date: 1992

"Their souls are crumbling like a dirt clod, hold."

— Pavement

Date: 1993

"Your mind, I tell graduates, is a lot like a parachute--it won't help you much if it doesn't open when you need it."

— Crowe, William J. (1925-2007)

Date: May 23, 1993

"'Your mind,' Admiral Crowe likes to tell university students, 'is a lot like a parachute -- it won't help you much if it doesn't open when you need it.'"

— Rosenberg, David Alan

Date: 1993

"O Rama, this mind is like a tree which is firmly rooted in the vicious field known as the body."

— Valmiki (ca. 400 BC)

Date: 1993

"O Rama, this mind is like an elephant which roams the forest known as the body."

— Valmiki (ca. 400 BC)

Date: 1993

"O Rama, this mind is like a crow which dwells in the nest of this body."

— Valmiki (ca. 400 BC)

Date: 1993

"O Rama, this mind is like a ghost. It is served by the female goblin known as craving; it rests in the forest of ignorance; it roams in countless bodies out of delusion."

— Valmiki (ca. 400 BC)

Date: 1993

"O Rama, this mind is like a venomous serpent which has killed countless beings; destroy this with the help of the eagle of our appropriate contemplative formula or instruction."

— Valmiki (ca. 400 BC)