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1 " Her eyes beamed over the top of the cup like Peterbilt high beams coming over a hillcrest, full moon rising over a mountain lake with its reflected partner, 747 landing lights coming down onto a runway. "
― , Between the Shadow and the Soul
2 " 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. "
3 " She looked at the ceiling, eyelashes batting like hummingbird wings. "
4 " The company’s stock dropped like seagull turds on a car hood, panties on prom night, celebrity names during red-carpet coverage. "
5 " Sweating like a fat woman in a sauna, nun with a tattoo on her tit, overweight jockey. "
6 " Squeal like a cheerleader named prom queen, aging retiree placing the game-winning bingo button, frenzied fan finding Johnny Depp in her supermarket. "
7 " 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. "
8 " Smiled like a homecoming queen, Pit Bull Terrier with a new collar, actress on the Letterman show. "
9 " 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. "
10 " Faded like morning fog in the rising sun, sports team logo on a cheap T-shirt, ninety-nine dollar paint job on a Chevy. "
11 " Screamed like a manic cheerleader heaping encouragement on her high school’s punt returner as he breaks through the first wall of blocks. "
12 " Her hair burst from her head like a fireworks shell erupting, framing her face in spray of red-blond energy. "
13 " Probing the corners of the room like a caged cat, fly caught in a jar, fart in an elevator. "
14 " Stop that!” Ghost Hemingway ordered. “It’s like teaching goddamned cats to walk on their back legs.” He sighed. “Standing eggs on end in a dining car.” He signed again. “Talking to Scotty Fitzgerald sober. "
15 " Abandoned like an empty beer bottle, cigarette butt, worn-out shoe. "
16 " Suddenly, she emitted a loud, long fart, like air escaping a beach ball, exhaust pipe of a Model T, tire-inflating hose at the service station, and this without any forewarning borborygmus. "
17 " Now I felt exposed, on display like a puppy in a pet store window, strip steak in a butcher case, burglar caught in a flashlight beam, in a word, naked. "
18 " She smoked like wet underwear on fire, swore like a slow hockey goalie, caroused like a cheerleader on spring break in Cancun, and experienced the people she chose to experience fully, men or women. "
19 " Legs pinched together like bread loafs in a shared pan, linebackers in adjacent seats flying coach fare, chubby cats eating from a single dish. "
20 " Spurting out like formula from a colicky baby’s mouth, drops ejected from boiled frosting boiling, preliminary spurts from Old Faithful before the earthquake. "