Quotes about Similes

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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup. — H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup. — H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques
[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile. — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile. — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. — Madeline Miller
and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. — Madeline Miller
I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around — Craig D. Lounsbrough
I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around — Craig D. Lounsbrough
The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
A Dream Pirate attack is swift and ragged. Like awkward phantoms, the pirates often fly in lurches and jerks, and they u — William Joyce, The Sandman and the War of Dreams
A Dream Pirate attack is swift and ragged. Like awkward phantoms, the pirates often fly in lurches and jerks, and they u — William Joyce, The Sandman and the War of Dreams
Sometimes it can be as brutally overwhelming as a tidal wave flooding every orifice, the suffocation, the pressure, the — Moonshine Noire
Sometimes it can be as brutally overwhelming as a tidal wave flooding every orifice, the suffocation, the pressure, the — Moonshine Noire
When he came down, he was slower, and clutching something his hand. He leapt down the last 5 feet or so and came over to — Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
When he came down, he was slower, and clutching something his hand. He leapt down the last 5 feet or so and came over to — Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you — Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you — Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead
We speak now or I do, and others do. You've never spoken before. You will. You'll be able to say how the city is a pit a — China Miéville, Embassytown
We speak now or I do, and others do. You've never spoken before. You will. You'll be able to say how the city is a pit a — China Miéville, Embassytown
...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgo — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgo — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
I look at him and my body reacts in a way that it never has before, even in the throes of passion. I look at him and I s — D.L. Hess, Sir
I look at him and my body reacts in a way that it never has before, even in the throes of passion. I look at him and I s — D.L. Hess, Sir
The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a hairc — Raymond Chandler
The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a hairc — Raymond Chandler