#simile

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

— Arundhati Roy

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

— David Foster Wallace

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Today was a very cold and bitter day, as cold and bitter as a cup of hot chocolate, if the cup of hot chocolate had vinegar added to it and were placed in a refrigerator for several hours. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

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Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are ambitious bakers: 'You like the jelly doughnut? I’ll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller, too. My cruller is gonna blow your mind, kid. ↗

— John Green

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A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest ↗

— Winston Churchill

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The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#simile #wind

Vamps who are dying, or think they are, give a piercing, eardrum-bursting shriek, like the love child of a screech owl and a mountain lion on crystal meth, amplified like a seventies rock band. ↗

— Faith Hunter

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He had electric blue hair that had stuck around his head like tendrils of a startled octopus. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

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Minds are like parachutes: they only function when open. ↗

— Lord Thomas Dewar

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