“ Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. ”
... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
~ Norton Juster
if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.
