Quotes About Sleek

and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious

Simple is elegant and extremely efficient.

monorails writhing like phosphorescent vipers.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, we hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.

Maybe Beijing kept tearing itself down to bury its unexamined past. Memories didn't stick to the sleek sides of skyscrapers. Make the sofas thick, the music loud, the televisions large, the cars fast. Blur and round and smooth the past until it becomes as rumored as this disappearing hútòng. Older people will say it was there, they saw it. Their younger listeners will nod politely, unable to imagine something they'd never seen.

The engine rumbled like a lazy leopard.

She attracted people to her; she had presence, an uncommon magnetism . Documenting her effect on her habitat, a naturalist would likely have compared her to a lioness: strong, sleek, and invariably surrounded by her pride.

but neat as a bird.

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