Seeing her again … was like rediscovering a half-forgotten landmark -Ann Petry.Pain and poverty and thwarted ambition … can break the virtues like brittle bones -George Garrett.Wilson, Wall Street Journal, June 30, 1986 Offering a flight attendant a $20 bill for a $2 drink is like spitting on an Alabama state trooper -Louis D.The kind whisper went to my heart like a dagger -Charlotte Brontë.It was just like ripping an old tree out of the ground -W.Its effect upon you is somewhat similar to what would probably be produced by a combined attack of toothache, indigestion and a cold in the head -Jerome K. (A blast of Prince … ) hit me like a feather boa with a length of lead pipe in it -Jonathan Valin.
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