Littles Quotes - Page 18

• Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?

  H. Rider Haggard

  Wise, Running, Stupid

  H. Rider Haggard (2011). “She: A History of Adventure”, p.146, Modern Library

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• So they crucified their Messiah? Well can I believe it. That He was a Son of the Living Spirit would be naught to them, if indeed He was so.... They would care little for any God if he came not with pomp and power.

  H. Rider Haggard

  Believe, Son, Would Be

  H. Rider Haggard (2011). “She: A History of Adventure”, p.149, Modern Library

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• Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who is hundreds of years more than you.

  Roald Dahl

  Years, Onions, Sage

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.80, Penguin

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• And I wish that I was made of stone So that I would not have to see A beauty impossible to define A beauty impossible to believe A beauty impossible to endure The blood imparted in little sips The smell of you still on my hands As I bring the cup up to my lips No God up in the sky No devil beneath the sea Could do the job that you did, baby Of bringing me to my knees

  Nick Cave

  Baby, Jobs, Believe

  Song: Brompton Oratory

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• One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little. They should not conceal so much from them. How well even little children understand that their parents conceal things from them, because they consider them too young to understand! Children are capable of giving advice in the most important matters.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Children, Giving, Bird

  "The Idiot".

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• I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more.

  Arthur Golden

  Thinking, Mind, Swallowing

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• All her life she had wanted to squeeze the toothpaste really squeeze it,not just one little squirt. [...] The paste coiled and swirled and mounded in the washbasin. Ramona decorated the mound with toothpaste roses as if it was a toothpaste birthday cake

  Beverly Cleary

  Cake, Rose, Toothpaste

  "Ramona and Her Mother". Book by Beverly Cleary, books.google.ru. 2001.

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• Tuck in your tail, little duck.

  Suzanne Collins

  Ducks, Tails

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.17, Scholastic Inc.

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• He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think.

  Brother Lawrence

  Heart, Past, Thinking

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• I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing, Worry, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.183, Scholastic Inc.

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• That's you, right?' he asks me. 'Yeah.' 'Cute. Not that I, uh, think little kids are cute. Just that you were cute. I mean, you can see how you turned out to be so...oh.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Cute, Mean, Kids

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• Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

  Jane Austen

  Girl, Thinking, Giving

  1813 Pride and Prejudice, ch.24.

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• Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I can only stare, and shape my grief In little words. I cannot conjure loveliness, to drown The bitter woe that racks my cords apart. The weary pen that sets my sorrow down Feeds at my heart. There is no mercy in the shifting year, No beauty wraps me tenderly about. I turn to little words- so you, my dear, Can spell them out.

  Dorothy Parker

  Grief, Heart, Night

  Dorothy Parker (1936). “Not So Deep as a Well”, Macmillan Company of Canada

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• Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!

  Emile Zola

  Fool, Taught, Scared

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• Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Way, Persons

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2010). “A Life in Letters”, p.589, Simon and Schuster

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• It seems to me, that if people only knew how hard it was for me to endure life, they would find it easier to forgive me for all the wrong things I’ve done and all the good things that I have failed to do. And they would still find a little compassion within them to pity me.

  Ivo Andric

  Compassion, People, Forgive Me

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• Give me a mirror.Or holy water. I'll drink it,even!" I gasped as someone threw water on the side of my face. "A little warning next time would be nice.

  Kiersten White

  Nice, Mirrors, Giving

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• Jack! "Where have you been,you miserable little creep?" He raised his eyebrows,a look of mock hurt on his face."This is the thanks I get?" "Give me that bat and I'll show you how grateful I am, coward!

  Kiersten White

  Hurt, Grateful, Eyebrows

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• Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.

  Suzanne Collins

  Want, Yeah, Loses

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

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• I felt the exact same way.But if it helps,you look much cuter freaking out than I ever did." I peeked out through my hands."But what if I don't get in?" He wrapped his arms around me. "No more worrying about it.You'll get in." "Good.Someone needs to keep an eye on you and that dirty little dyrad of a lab assistant." He laughed,squeezing me until I couldn't breathe. "Why would I ever want a lusty tree nymph when I could have a hyperventilating Evie?

  Kiersten White

  Dirty, Eye, Nymphs

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• He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it.

  Kiersten White

  Lonely, Girlfriend, Frowning

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• My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.

  Tyler Perry

  Running, Attitude, Mistake

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• The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.

  Anne Sexton

  Girl, Replica, Oaks

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• Turn around, and the people you thought you knew might change. Your little boy might now live half a world away. Your beautiful daughter might be sneaking out at night. Your ex-husband might by dying by degrees. This is the reason that dancers learn, early on, how to spot while doing pirouettes: we all want to be able to find the place where we started.

  Jodi Picoult

  Beautiful, Daughter, Husband

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• Jesse, we can’t do this.” “Sure we can, honey. It’s the perfect night for it. You’re a woman, I’m a man. Those little twinkling things overhead are stars. I believe it’s referred to as romance.

  Christine Feehan

  Stars, Believe, Night

  Christine Feehan (2008). “Predatory Game”, p.137, Penguin

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