“ You, Madeline said, her voice hollow and wheezing, are like a bad case of herpes, wizard. You're inconvenient, embarassing, no real threat, and you simply go away. Jim Butcher
“ The purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war was floating close beside the boat. It turned on its side and then righted itself. It floated cheerfully as a bubble w… Ernest Hemingway
“ And then it hits me like a fast, open-palmed, stinging smack in the face.Having a ghost boyfriend WASweird Lisa Schroeder
“ For a while this seemed to do the trick, and I felt that whatever contamination I had helped to spread, the boundaries I had helped to break, sprinkling flakes of myself all over the surface of New Yo… Olivia Sudjic
“ 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
“ I began to cry but maintained my shouting through it, like a wind through sheets of rain. Olivia Sudjic
“ 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… Neal Shusterman
“ This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock. Thomas Hardy
“ Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see. Lemony Snicket
“ Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. Elizabeth Wein
“ 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
“ I asked the boy who wept what it felt like, crystal meth, the prettiest name for a drug besides heroin. Crystal methamphetamine. His head fell back. He closed his eyes, then opened them. 'Come on, you… Hannah Lillith Assadi
“ Love is like the human appendix. You take it for granted while it's there, but when it's suddenly gone you're forced to endure horrible pain that can only be alleviated through drugs. Reverend Jen
“ She had the world’s worst poker face: her feelings floated across them like reflections on a still pond. Jojo Moyes
“ Is it the smoke?' the boy said, shivering slightly. 'I've never touched the stuff, myself, but how it claws at one...like a thorn in every one of your fingers, and a string around your heart...and one… Eleanor Catton
“ A funny thing happened post-diagnosis. They put him on drugs, things went up and down, but he lived. He lived. It was like a waiting room where they kept not calling your name. Garth Risk Hallberg
