Here are some:
"It seemed wrong, like those football players who finally retired and have to face that first Sunday at home, watching on TV, thinking I could still do that."- page 90
"The white rain gutter hung like a lid over the doorway."- page 100
"At nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain were on his shoulders."- page 75
Other examples of simile in Tuesdays With Morrie:
He is a small man who takes small steps, as if a strong wind could, at any time, whisk him up into the clouds.
In his graduation day robe, he looks like a cross between a biblical prophet and a Christmas elf.
"I watched him now, his hands working gingerly, as if he was learning to use them for the very first time."
Morrie was in a wheelchair full-time now, getting used to helpers lifting him like a heavy sack from the chair to the bed and the bed to the chair.
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as”. Therefore, it is a direct comparison.