#simile

A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise. ↗

— Chris Baty

#rough-drafts #simile #writing #stress

Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start. ↗

— John Green

#simile #john-green

I felt, by turns, numb, hot with a monstrous embarrassment, and sick as though I'd eaten splinters of glass and was slowly shredding inside. ↗

— Vanora Bennett

#simile

Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#simile

My chest bumps like a dryer with shoes in it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#simile #simile

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#humor #simile #humor

A book without words is like love without a kiss; it's empty. ↗

— Andrew Wolfe

#inspirational #love #simile #truth #inspirational

And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#love

The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all. ↗

— Clive Barker

#lulz #similes #humor

And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#death