Fish Quote by Neal Shusterman

““Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch.””

Neal Shusterman

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Fish Metaphor Perfect Perfectionism Simile Suspicion Suspicious Time

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