Maybe the human brain is an object beyond the reach of metaphor, for the simple reason that it is the only object capable of creating metaphors to describe itself. There really is nothing else like it. The human brain creates the human mind, and then the human mind tries to underhand the human brain, however long it takes and whatever the cost.
Luke Dittrich, Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
brain, mind, neuroscience