Simile Quotes (385 quotes)

“Her hair burst from her head like a fireworks shell erupting, framing her face in spray of red-blond energy.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: red-hair, simile

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“Abandoned like an empty beer bottle, cigarette butt, worn-out shoe.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: abandoned, simile

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“Laughter erupted from her belly and shot out her mouth like pigeons through an open cage door, schoolchildren bursting into summer vacation, water from a tapped hydrant.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: laughter, simile

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“Washed-out like last year’s swimsuit.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, washed-out

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“Screamed like a manic cheerleader heaping encouragement on her high school’s punt returner as he breaks through the first wall of blocks.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: screamed, simile

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“Vanished like inhibitions at a bachelorette party.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, vanish

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“The company’s stock dropped like seagull turds on a car hood, panties on prom night, celebrity names during red-carpet coverage.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: dropped, simile

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“Sweating like a fat woman in a sauna, nun with a tattoo on her tit, overweight jockey.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, sweating

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“Faded like morning fog in the rising sun, sports team logo on a cheap T-shirt, ninety-nine dollar paint job on a Chevy.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: faded, simile

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“Her brown eyes flashed like headlamps on a police cruiser, cameras at a Superbowl kickoff, lightning over Frankenstein’s
castle.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: flashed, simile

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“The flesh of her butt jiggled like water-filled beach balls, oil drops dangling from a soupspoon, oversized Jell-O dessert cups.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: jiggled, simile

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“Squeal like a cheerleader named prom queen, aging retiree placing the game-winning bingo button, frenzied fan finding Johnny Depp in her supermarket.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, squeal

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“Poetry comes out of you like a pot of oatmeal boiling over.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile

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“Probing the corners of the room like a caged cat, fly caught in a jar, fart in an elevator.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: probing, simile

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“She looked at the ceiling, eyelashes batting like hummingbird wings.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: batting, simile

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“Smiled like a homecoming queen, Pit Bull Terrier with a new collar, actress on the Letterman show.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, smiled

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“High-pitched squeal like a beauty pageant contestant found best in show, Oprah audience member given a new Chevy, rookie actress surprised with an unlikely Oscar.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, squeal

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“Tourists hurried past them on the pedestrian-only street like chickens scampering to the feeder, cars scurrying through a tollgate, Niagara River rushing into the falls.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: hurried, simile

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“Could be an amazing product, sell like condoms at a high school prom, donuts at a police convention, sunscreen on a Caribbean crush ship.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: selling, simile

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“She pinched her lips tight together, like someone considering a foul smell, three-legged dog, ugly baby.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: pinched-lips, simile

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“Deep ridges crossed his forehead like terraces in a Thai hillside, tucks in a leather cushion, troughs across a bloodhound’s jowls.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: ridges, simile

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“Fluorescent lights on the ceiling lit up the white Formica top of her desk like an operating table, white-sand beach at high noon, French fries under the heat lamp at McDonald’s.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: lit-up, simile

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“Like a fire alarm going off in your ear, sulfur up your nose, mouth full of sour milk, reality is what it is – you deal with it.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: reality, simile

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“Ditched like an unwanted cat, worn-out tire, ugly blind date.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: ditched, simile

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“A surprising number, like options in the cereal aisle, liberal studies graduates working fast food, people who don’t know Shakespeare coined the phrase break the ice.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, surprising

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“Breathed like a contestant in a polka marathon, sit-up contest, stationary bike race.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: breathed, simile

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“Snatched away like socks glommed off the sale table at Wal-Mart, dog treat snapped up by an eager German Sheppard, mouse picked off the lawn by a swooping owl.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, snatched-away

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“My mind spun like the flywheel on an antique John Deere, merry-go-round during second-grade recess, hard spun roulette wheel.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: simile, spun

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“Flipped through memories like old copies of National Geographic, pages in a yellowing high-school year book, cable-television channels looking for a baseball game.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: flipped-through, simile

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“Disappeared like fog in a stiff morning breeze, teen revilers when a squad car creeps up the driveway, roaches when the kitchen light comes on.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: disappear, simile

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