Size Quotes - Page 17

• And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day

  Dr. Seuss

  Heart, Three, Grew

  Dr. Seuss (1995). “Six by Seuss”, Prop Pub Juv

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• Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. "I know you, Artemis. You like to play your genius card close to your chest until the big reveal. And that's worked out for us so far. But this time you need to let me in. I can help. So, tell me the truth, do you have a plan?" Artemis met his friend's gaze and lied to her face. "No," he said. "No plan.

  Eoin Colfer

  Struggle, Eye, Play

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• Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. "Play?" he said, his voice dripping with interest. "Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary. Why do you think I want the runt so badly? Size truly doesn't matter if you can do what he can." ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison

  Kim Harrison

  Eye, Thinking, Past

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• It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Moon, Thinking, Half

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• It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.' 'And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.' 'That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.' 'Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things.

  Haruki Murakami

  Thinking, Majority, Ends

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• You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.

  Haruki Murakami

  Different, World, Shapes

  "The Folklore of Our Times". www.newyorker.com. June 9, 2003.

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• Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependent lives.

  Francis Chan

  Stupid, Ocean, Sleep

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.21, David C Cook

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• Oh. Yeah. That does make sense.” Shaylin hesitated. “But I don’t know which dorm room is hers.” “Third floor, number thirty-six. When they shared a brain, they used to say it stood for their chest size. I said it was their combined IQ.” “Of course you did,” Shaylin said. “See, you do understand me!” Aphrodite said with fake enthusiasm.

  P. C. Cast

  Numbers, Fake, Brain

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• Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.

  Sarah Dessen

  Flower, Apology, Giving

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.148, Penguin

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• Frank couldn't breathe underwater. But where was he? Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- into a koi the size of a teen-aged boy. "dude." Percy sent his thoughts through the water, the way he spoke to other sea creatures. "A goldfish?" Frank's voice came back to him: "I freaked. We were talking about goldfish, so it was on my mind. Sue me.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Talking, Sea

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• When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone twice your size who wants to pound you into the earth - it feels as if you're being injected with darkness. It's like black water as cold as ice settling in your body where your blood and marrow used to be, pushing every other feeling out as it fills you from your feet to your scalp. It leaves you with nothing.

  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Fear, Mean, Night

  Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary”, p.20, Faber & Faber

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• Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Envy, Gathering, Doe

  Neil Degrasse Tyson (2010). “The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist”, p.26, Prometheus Books

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• God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.

  Philip Yancey

  Hero, Doe, Want

  Philip Yancey (2010). “The Bible Jesus Read: Why the Old Testament Matters”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently. It was as if I had grown again as I slept, but this time just to fit my own size. As if my soul had expanded, filling out the gaps of the height that had burdened me all these months. Like a balloon filling slowly with air, becoming all smooth and buoyant, I felt like I finally fit within myself, edge to edge, every crevice filled.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mirrors, Air, Hands

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “That Summer”, p.171, Penguin

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• Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

  J. K. Rowling

  Whales, Weight, Killers

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, p.33, Pottermore

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• From that first little touch, the whole world had shifted. Where before there was just one thing I could not live without, now there were two. There was no division – my love was not split between them now; it wasn’t like that. It was more like my heart had grown, swollen up to twice its size in that moment. All that extra space, already filled. The increase was almost dizzying.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Heart, Space, Two

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• Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.

  W. H. Auden

  Believe, Long, Giants

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• Even if you were green and had a beard and a male appendage between your legs. Even if your eyebrows were orange and you had a mole covering your entire cheek and a nose that poked me in the eye every time I kissed you. Even if you weighed seven hundred pounds and had hair the size of a Doberman under your arms. Even then, I would love you.

  David Levithan

  Love, Eye, Hair

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.181, Egmont UK

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• The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It is its own size. And grief comes to you. You know what I mean? I’ve always liked that phrase “He was visited by grief,” because that’s really what it is. Grief is its own thing. It’s not like it’s in me and I’m going to deal with it. It’s a thing, and you have to be okay with its presence. If you try to ignore it, it will be like a wolf at your door.

  Stephen Colbert

  Grief, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. October 16, 2012.

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• I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Thinking, Weight

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• If our prayer is “Dear God, please use me to be of service,” then that is what we will be. And it is not for us to judge either the size or value of our gifts. Our job is to try to get out of the way, to defer to the spirit moving within us and become open channels for the flow of God’s love.

  Marianne Williamson

  Jobs, Prayer, Moving

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• The size of the place that one becomes a member of is limited only by the size of one’s heart.

  Gary Snyder

  Heart, Members

  Gary Snyder (2009). “Back on the Fire: Essays”, p.98, Counterpoint

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• She thinks how much more space a being occupies in life than it does in death; how much illusion of size is contained in gestures and movements, in breathing. Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.

  Michael Cunningham

  Thinking, Breathing, Space

  Michael Cunningham (1998). “The Hours: A Novel”, p.165, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to.

  Jodi Picoult

  Lying, Secret, Needs

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.507, Simon and Schuster

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