“You should be careful, tossing descriptors like that around in a situation like this. My ‘problem’ isn’t little. Unless you’re drawing some pretty wild comparisons. Please tell me you’re not drawing wild comparisons. Or blood-relative comparisons.”
“Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.”
“Some of the djamphir are so pretty it almost hurts to look at them. And it was hard to look without feeling rumpled and messy in comparison.”
“By comparison he could read her like an illustrated children's story.”
“My dear Tartini, one’s life is so sweet and precious that even honey tastes like salt in comparison!”
“No more chances, Golden Eyes. You’re mine and I’ll draw blood to enforce my claim.”