Xenocide (1-28)

At this point in the story, two ships traveling at near-light speed, are attempting to meet and connect. This is a very delicate and precise maneuver that is also extremely dangerous.

The two starships had almost completed their vast ballet, dancing through
space in great leaps.

This excerpt is merely a sentence, yet I was moved by the metaphor. The image of two dancer was very effective in describing the encounter. I could practically see the two ships hurtling through space while time raced past them speeding and turning like two dancers. One wouldn't normally associate giant space ships with ballet, yet it worked.

Card, Orson. Xenocide. New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates LLC, 1991.