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“Genuine success is not found on the market shelves. That is why, it is priceless. You must consistently do your best and pursue a life of excellence.”

Book:The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

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“She remembered how it had felt and tasted, that slowly descending depression, like a thick glass jar that closed around you, sucking away the air you needed to breathe, creating a barrier between you and the world. The hell of it was that she'd been able to see all that she was missing, but when she'd reached out, all she'd touched was cold, hard glass.”

Depression Metaphor

Book:Summer Island

Source: Summer Island

“After that hard winter, one could not get enough of the nimble air. Every morning I wakened with a fresh consciousness that winter was over. There were none of the signs of spring for which I used to watch in Virginia, no budding woods or blooming gardens. There was only—spring itself; the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere: in the sky, in the swift clouds, in the pale sunshine, and in the warm, high wind—rising suddenly, sinking suddenly, impulsive and playful like a big puppy that pawed you and then lay down to be petted. If I had been tossed down blindfold on that red prairie, I should have known that it was spring.”

Nature Wind Spring Metaphor Prairie Nature S Beauty Similies

Book:My Ántonia

Source: My Ántonia

“When you become enthusiastic about excellence, you also transform yourself and prepare for success.”

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Book:The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

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“[Francesca] 'You really are a few biscuits short of breakfast.' His eyebrows furrowed in confusion. 'You're a few colors shy of a rainbow?' she offered. 'Not pulling a full wagon? Knitting with only one needle? All foam and no beer? Your cheese slid off the cracker? You couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel?' [Nicodemus] 'All right. I get it.”

Humor Metaphor Stupidity Insults

Book:Spellbound

Source: Spellbound

“METAPHOR: A tightly fitting suit of metal, generally tin, which entirely encloses the wearer, both impeding free movement and preventing emotional expression and/or social contact.”

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Book:Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

Source: Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied.”

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Book:Art and Lies

Source: Art and Lies

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