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“... she looked a hundred years older, as stale and ruined as yesterday's oatmeal.”

Book:Picture Palace

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Picture Palace

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Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux, born on April 10, 1941, is a renowned film writer from the United States. Theroux is known for his distinctive style of storytelling, which often delves into profound life philosophies and social issues. more

“I wanted to hold onto the house the way you'd hold onto a love letter. It was proof that I had not always been completely alone in the world. But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to affirm that it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn't.”

Loss Memory Alone Simile Loveless Ottessa Moshfegh My Year Of Rest And Relaxation Reminder

Book:My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Source: My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“He was waiting, I think, for me to cross that space and take him in my arms again—waiting, as one waits at a deathbed for the miracle one dare not disbelieve, which will not happen.”

Waiting Sad Simile James Baldwin Giovanni S Room Starcrossed Lovers

Book:Giovanni’s Room

Source: Giovanni’s Room

“And again and again fell the word, like the ebb of a dying sea. "Good-bye.”

Sad Goodbye Simile Parting Howards End E M Forster Figurative Language

Book:Howards End

Source: Howards End

“Then the not-memory washed away like a wet painting in a storm, and I was in the shower, shaking, and she was outside, losing me, and there was no way for me to tell her not to.”

Mothers Simile Figurative Language Carmen Maria Machado Her Body And Other Parties

Book:Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

“Or were we like people who have died before their time and are given a second chance by some minor deity, but with so many provisos that the new life feels like a deferred death?”

Life Death Sad Life And Death Simile Second Chances Andre Aciman Enigma Variations

Book:Enigma Variations

Source: Enigma Variations

“Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting.”

Lovely Description Simile Figurative Language Carmen Maria Machado Her Body And Other Parties The Husband Stitch

Book:Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

“I lunged out to grab the fruit from his hand, but with his other hand he caught hold of my wrist and squeezed it hard, as they do in movies, when one man forces another to let go of a knife.”

Simile Call Me By Your Name Andre Aciman

Book:Call Me by Your Name

Source: Call Me by Your Name

“The words bounced off her like a stone skipping over the surface of a lake. A stone may skip a long way, but it always sinks eventually.”

Words Metaphor Surface Simile Stone Lake Analogy Sink Skipping Stones

Book:Tess of the Road

Source: Tess of the Road

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