"She had eyes harder than the ancient gum petrifying under the movie house seats."
Giles ,'Touched'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
[Dragging the concept over from Natter...]
She had eyes harder than Prince's guitar neck.
To go for the crudity . . .
She had eyes harder than what was in my pants.
Sigh.
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
She had eyes harder than last year's fruitcake.
Nice one, Plei.
Thanks, Connie!
Sometimes, it's painfully obvious that I have a real addiction to mid-century pulp.
She had eyes harder than cheeks, softer than bone. What?
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
Nice construction. Reminds me of the line in Ball of Fire describing a sore throat: "Red as the Daily Worker and twice as sore."
Plei wins.
She had eyes harder than the granite I was taking her for.