Simile Quotes

87 quotes by 76 authors

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. — Frank Zappa
He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a… — Cassandra Clare
A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle. — Oscar Wilde
It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers. — Neil Gaiman
The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all. — Clive Barker
And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath… — Vikram Chandra
Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant. — Arundhati Roy
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the… — Terry Pratchett
Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue. — Terry Pratchett
A metaphor is like a simile. — Steven Wright
A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal like a bad tooth, though you… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about… — Charles Dickens
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster. — Richelle Mead
I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red. — Rick Riordan
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… — Daniel Handler
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. — Dan Brown
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one but they think each others stink. — Simone Elkeles
Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a… — Patricia Briggs

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