Simile: "Instigating a lawsuit because your parents won't let you get birth control pills or go to an abortion clinic is like using a sledgehammer to kill a mosquito." (21)
"It smells like the sweaty tongue of a hockey skate." (14)
"Actually, that's not quite true-right now she doesn't have it, but it's hibernating under her skin like a bear, until she decides to roar again." (10)
"Anger glows around this kid like electricity." (21)
"It sits on the table like a sleeping infant as she calls us for supper." (38)
"It comes out in a think clump, drifts down to the carpet like a small blizzard." (67)
Metaphor: "it's not that i'm a particularly charitable man, but rather that legally, this case is a lock:" (23)
"The room is a sea of dirty clothes and magazines and leftover Chinese take-out cartons."
"I image a great battle going on inside her." (64)
"Is this coldhearted man the one who will lead us through this war, our general, our white knight? (60)
"My dad also says that when flames are licking at your heels you've got to break a wall or two if you want to escape." (13)
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