#simile

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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Kissing him last night at the pep rally had been like kissing an underpass. ↗

— George Saunders

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

— John Green

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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

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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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He's like a drug for you, Bella. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

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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

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