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Quotes About Resemblance

What we care for, we will grow to resemble. And what we resemble will hold us, when we are us no longer...
~ Richard Powers
What we care for, we will grow to resemble. And what we resemble will hold us, when we are us no longer. . . .
~ Richard Powers
You look like your mom," he said, smiling.
~ Richard Russo
My eyes were gray—more like my cousin Annabeth's than my mom's.
~ Rick Riordan
Gloria watched as Terry lumbered down the path. He reminded her a little of King Kong, but less friendly.
~ Kate Atkinson
Olive, with her prim posture, her ungainly manner, and her reliance on elaborate fashions inappropriate for the office, strongly resembled a fancy pigeon: a creature bred out of its dignity across many generations.
~ Kathleen Rooney
You sure about the twin thing?" Corey said when Rafe had finished. "Yes, I don't have a long-lost twin brother." "I do," I said. "Or so I've heard." Rafe grinned at me. "Yes, but I'm not him." "Which is good." "Very good.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Then everything is clear, Reynold said, looking around triumphantly at the crowd. Jacques Cherbourg did not drown, he survived. He went to England, lived there a while, made a girl pregnant, and died. The girl gave birth to a boy and named him after the father. Jack here is now twenty, and looks exactly like his father did twenty-four years ago. Reynold looked at the priest. No need for exorcism here, father. It's just a family reunion.
~ Ken Follett
Had he not resembledMy father as he slept I had done 't.
~ William Shakespeare
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in theeCalls back the lovely April of her prime.
~ William Shakespeare
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~ William Shakespeare
Hamlet Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel Polonius By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet Or like a whale Polonius Very like a whale.
~ William Shakespeare
although metaphor undoubtedly deals in likenesses, similarity, it also deals in unlikeness and dissimilarity.
~ David Punter
Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.
~ Marcus Aurelius
El de entonces soy yo todavía, o si no soy él soy su prolongación, o su sombra, o su heredero, o su usurpador. No hay ningún otro que se le parezca tanto.
~ Javier Marías
hoped she did not bear a striking resemblance to a wad of dryer lint that had been struck by lightning. The look was adorable on a dust bunny, but her own hair standing on end would not make a good impression on clients.
~ Jayne Castle
It happend that Bob referred in front of Paul to the young woman met in Chantilly; it happened that Paul spoke to Bob of the one from the cinema that he'd had so much trouble seeing again. It never occurred to them that these portraits might bear a certain resemblance to each other, and the fact is that they bore none at all.
~ Jean Echenoz
The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.
~ Elizabeth George
She looked at him and shook her head, smiled a little as she told him, "You are so like your father." Then she looked past me and Zach, past Bex and Abby, to where Agent Townsend stood by the door with his arms crossed. "What do you think, Townsend, darling? Isn't he just like you?" She looked at Zach again. "I think he's just like you." And then she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
~ Ally Carter
Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.
~ Michael Medved
Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties.
~ Donna Tartt
My mom and I have the exact same mannerisms - the way we talk and the gestures that we made.
~ Kaia Gerber
I always thought I was more of a mommy's boy, because she was charming, talkative, a great storyteller. But as I dug back into my past, I realized I am exactly like my father on so many levels, although I never thought I inherited anything from him.
~ Robert Lepage
I don't think I resemble a superhero at all, really. I don't think people would really imagine me to be a superhero. I certainly don't have the physique for it, and I'm not tall enough, etc.
~ Charlie Cox