“Graham's life is as tense as an overstretched simile.”
“.. a simile is not a lie, unless it is a bad simile.”
“With Graham Greene life is a precious, perpetual, snot-sodden whinge.”
“I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards.”
“A metaphor is like a simile.”
“You like a cracker?What kind of cracker?Graham, chocolate, cocoanut, whatever you want.Maybe just a plain cracker.I don't have plain crackers. I got graham, chocolate and cocoanut.Alright, a graham cracker.They're in the kitchen, in the closet.Maybe later.”