Heap

There were always people who struggled their way to the top of the heap, no matter how much that heap looked like garbage when seen from the outside.

Michelle Sagara West

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and...

Solon

She is yet like a diamond on a heap of broken glass.

Mina Loy