#simile

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...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator.


John Piper


#joy #simile #similes #worship #music

Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.


Jay M. Bylsma


#drinking #ignorance #simile #alcohol

The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.


Katharine Graham


#simile #strikes #washington-post #anxiety

Stress level: extreme. It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode.


Fiona Wood


#stress #stress

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.


Winston Churchill


#simile #taxation #economics

The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.


Susanna Clarke


#screams #simile #simile

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.


Anne Lamott


#addiction

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance


Dalai Lama XIV


#simile #buddhism

Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to describe what things sound like. 'As she walked up the alley, her polyester workout pants sounded like windshield wipers swishing back and forth.' Cadence, onomatopoeia, the poetry of language are all so important. Learn all that you can about how to bring sound into your work.


Barbara DeMarco-Barrett


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I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split.


Raymond Chandler


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