“…his head emerged cautiously, like that of a snail taking a look around after a thunderstorm.”

“The snail lives the way I like to live; he carries his own home with him.”

Julio Cortázar (1914–1984) Argentinian writer

“Women? Women are like… thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.”

Elizabeth Gilbert (1969) American writer

“… you look at me like an emergency”

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist

“But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,
With his martial cloak around him.”

Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) Irish poet

“He had electric blue hair that had stuck around his head like tendrils of a startled octopus.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

“I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose".”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

“She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'…”

Ken Follett book The Pillars of the Earth

“Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.”

Garth Nix book Abhorsen