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title: "5 Like Dam Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/but-love-is-much-like-a-dam-if-you-allow-a-tiny-crack-to-form-through/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/paulo-coelho-10_control_but-love-is-much-like-a-dam-if-you-allow_80480.jpg)

> [“Our ideas held no water but we used them like a dam.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/modest-mouse/our-ideas-held-no-water-but-we-used-them-like-a-dam/)

[Modest Mouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/modest-mouse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/modest-mouse-14870_ideas_our-ideas-held-no-water-but-we-used-them_486167.jpg)

> [“Hatred is like a dam waiting to burst, and when it does, it is more devastating than what you had originally intended.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-fleck/hatred-is-like-a-dam-waiting-to-burst-and-when-it-does-it-is-more/)

[Angelina Fleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-fleck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/angelina-fleck-219512_devastating_hatred-is-like-a-dam-waiting-to-burst-an_632943.jpg)

> [But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/but-love-is-much-like-a-dam-if-you-allow-a-tiny-crack-to-form-through-2/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/paulo-coelho-10_able_but-love-is-much-like-a-dam-if-you-allow_1632978.jpg)

> [“It was like a dam breaking, its walls giving way all at once under the crushing weight of his emotions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/it-was-like-a-dam-breaking-its-walls-giving-way-all-at-once-under-the/)

[Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/terry-brooks-3252_emotion_it-was-like-a-dam-breaking-its-walls-giv_1649793.png)

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