Random Analogies
"The Immune System is like an orchestra. Each musician may play beautifully on her own, but she can hardly compare to the beauty and complexity of an entire orchestra that is playing perfectly together.In a way, its functioning is similar to an orchestra too. If one violinist didn't show up, you would hardly notice. But if the entire string section were to go missing then the quality of the music would be greatly affected. "
"Lipoprotein lipase is like the squirrels of the forest, gathering nuts and burying them in secret places as insurance against droughts or a long winter."
From:
"The Right Bite"
"This is my own opinion, but I'd say asexuality is like the atheism of sexual identity: it both participates in and detaches itself from the world of sexuality. At the same time, asexuality is a widely diverse spectrum by itself. Some people, for instance, will occupy a grey area between sexuality and asexuality, where sex is something they might like having, but it's not much of a concern in their lives (hence they're called 'grey-a' or 'graces'). "
