#simi

.. a simile is not a lie, unless it is a bad simile. ↗

— Mark Haddon (Author)

#rhetoric #simile #humor

I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best to give satisfaction, sir. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#pessimism #humor

How does knowing 'things could be worse' than what I already deem is awful make me feel any better? You mean I could sink even lower? Oh joy! ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#pessimism #richelle #richelle-goodrich #sarcasm #sarcasm-humor

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

— Christopher Moore

#love

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it. ↗

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

#pessimism #pessimism

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#simile #metaphor

You're about as subtle as a fucking train wreck. On a boat. ↗

— Doug Walker

#nostalgia-critic #simile #subtlety #train-wreck #simile

...as vivid and fabulous as a unicorn... ↗

— Anne Rivers Siddons

#simile #simile

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf) ↗

— Jeffrey R. Holland

#pessimism #optimism

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little. ↗

— Mark Twain

#pessimism #optimism