Littles Quotes - Page 34

• A little too much is just enough for me.

  Jean Cocteau

  Too Much, Enough

  Jean Cocteau (1987). “Paris album: 1900-1914”

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• From the little reading I had done I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were molding life, who were life itself, ate little, slept little, owned little or nothing. They had no illusions about duty, or the perpetuation of their kith and kin, or the preservation of the State. They were interested in truth and in truth alone. They recognized only one kind of activity - creation.

  Henry Miller

  Reading, Men, Done

  Henry Miller (1964). “Henry Miller on Writing”, New Directions Publishing

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• A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn't like you for telling the truth. You had to say you had a scar so you couldn't shave.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, People, Beard

  John Steinbeck (1993). “Cannery Row”, p.66, Penguin

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• Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to hold it together...he saw the true face of the twentieth century and chose to become a reflection of it, a parody of it. No one else saw the joke. That's why he was lonely.

  Alan Moore

  Lonely, Reflection, Men

  "Watchmen". Comic book by Alan Moore, 1986-1987.

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• He ignored me, thank God, saying to Kat, "Let go of Frosty's leash. You're choking the life out of him." Her eyes narrowed to tiny slits, a sure sign of her aggression. "He deserves to choke. He didn't keep little frosty in his pants this summer." The words snapped like a whip. "He did." Cole snapped back with unwavering confidence. "Not." "Did." "Not!" "Did,"... "Not, not, not!" she shouted with a stomp of her foot. "What are we five?" Cole said. "Six."

  Gena Showalter

  Summer, Letting Go, Eye

  "Alice in Zombieland". Book by Gena Showalter, 2012.

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• Chad had prowled over to her, and she felt good caged in between those powerful arms, but when he kissed her flushed forehead and then the tip of her nose, she lost a little of herself forever.

  J. Lynn

  Powerful, Forever, Noses

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• It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.

  Danielle Steel

  Moving, Different, Want

  Danielle Steel (2010). “Legacy”, p.303, Random House

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• Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Children, Men, Age

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.416, Macmillan

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• It was the kind of town that made you feel like Humphrey Bogart: you came in on a bumpy little plane, and, for some mysterious reason, got a private room with a balcony overlooking the town and the harbor; then you sat there and drank until something happened.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Rooms, Towns, Mysterious

  "The Rum Diary". Book by Hunter S. Thompson, 1998.

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• I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.

  Bob Ross

  Believe, Hobbies, Painting

  "PBS' stroke of serenity / Bob Ross brings brush of zen to 'Joy of Painting'" by Cathy Hainer, USA Today, p. 3D., October 28, 1993.

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• Crow paced back and forth, his form flickering like flame. "It's been a thousand years, Alister. I never intended for anyone to find it, so it's very well protected. One little misstep, and you and my line will be history." "Since when are you so concerned about your line?" Han said. Crow stared at him for a long moment. "Since I found out I had one.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Flames, Years, Long

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• Yes. I was looking for Lettie. They were both very kind to me,” Percival said, “Even though they’d never seen me before. And Wizard Howl kept visiting to court Lettie. Lettie didn’t want him, and she asked me to bite him to get rid of him, until Howl suddenly began asking her about you and—“ “what?” he said, “ I know someone called sophie who looks a little like you.. And Lettie said, that’s my sister,’ without thinking,” Percival said. “ And she got terribly worried then, particularly as Howl went on asking about her sister.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Thinking, Want Him, Looks

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• It was a perfectly normal May Day, but Sophie was scared of that too. And when a young man in a fantastical blue-and-silver costume spotted Sophie and decided to accost her as well, Sophie shrank into a shop doorway and tried to hide. The young man looked at her in surprise. "It's all right, you little gray mouse," he said laughing rather pityingly. "I only want to buy you a drink. Don't look so scared.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Men, Perfectly Normal, Blue

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• Individuals are fine once you get to know them, especially if they're interesting in conversation or have large, sumptuous breasts, but I don't like people in the plural and I've seen very little to change my mind about that.

  Yahtzee Croshaw

  People, Interesting, Mind

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• It is agreed that little girls should have a different physical education than little boys, but it is not admitted how much of the difference is counseled by the conviction that little girls should not look like little boys.

  Germaine Greer

  Girl, Boys, Should Have

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• Don't take this the wrong way," Blue replied. Her cheeks felt a little warm, but she was well into this conversation and she couldn't back down now. "Because I know you're going to think I feel bad about it, and I don't." "All right." "Because I'm not pretty. Not in the way Aglionby boys seem to lie." "I go to Aglionby," Adam said. Adam did not seem to go to Aglinoby like other boys went to Aglionby. "I think you're pretty," he said.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Lying, Boys, Thinking

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• I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence.

  David Levithan

  Grateful, Taken, Writing

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.131, Egmont UK

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• I laugh shakily. ‘You’re a little scary, Four.’ ‘Do me a favor,’ he says, ‘and don’t call me that.’ ‘What should I call you, then?’ ‘Nothing.’ He takes his hand from my face. ‘Yet.

  Veronica Roth

  Hands, Laughing, Scary

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• It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

  Tom Perrotta

  People, Silence, Few Words

  "The Leftovers". Book by Tom Perrotta, August 30, 2011.

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• Girls are impossible to satisfy." "Not every girl." Not me. I'd be happy if he'd just like me a little.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Girl, Impossible, Like Me

  Ellen Hopkins (2014). “Tilt”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• One little ripple started today could create a typhoon fifteen years from now.

  Jay Asher

  Years, Fifteen, Today

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death. The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as: 'I am Who am.' The essence of the devil is the lie, and he defines himself as: 'I am who am not.' Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him; they are already on his side.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Lying, Believe, Essence

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• He tried to let her know it would be all right. Eventually. Life wouldn't always be this painful. The world wouldn't always be this brutal. Give it time, little one. Give it another chance. Come back.

  Louise Penny

  Giving, Another Chance, Would Be

  Louise Penny (2007). “A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.101, Macmillan

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• The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, whilst the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck anyway, and certainly not whilst it, the second duck, was busy flying.

  Douglas Adams

  Party, Two, Ducks

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.104, Pan Macmillan

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• We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

  Justin Torres

  Animal, Hitting, Frightened

  Justin Torres (2012). “We the Animals”, p.45, Granta Books

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