As quick as …
Tarka the otter is hunted but fights ferociously and strategically. Here he bites back as hounds close in. He gives...
Swift as a telegram
This simile for swiftness drawing on an age in which telegram were one of the fastest forms of communication. Also...
Speed meets beauty
One of the most vivid and original similes I have come across is Ted Hughes' description of the two dazzling...
As fast as…
You can see the greased lightening serpent-slither whiplash-speed over slippery tiles.
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The slope of time
The more I connect with the past, the more I connect with the present, and I liked this use of...
As fast as …
How fast can a pattering heart beat? As fast as water can drip before it starts dribbling. You can't quantify...
Ferrari on aerodynamics
This is of course an outrageous statement, but I loved it when I saw it spray-painted on the wall of...
Of speed and stillness
A beautiful evocation of swiftness resembling stillness, of things moving so fast that they seem stationary.
And...
Writing time and speeding clocks
Any absorbing activity has this magical effect of taking you almost outside of time, until you look at the clock...
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