Littles Quotes - Page 31

• Kids didn't have huge backpacks when I was their age. We didn't have backpacks at all. Now it seemed all the kids had them. You saw little second-graders bent over like sherpas, dragging themselves through the school doors under the weight of their packs. Some of the kids had their packs on rollers, hauling them like luggage at the airport. I didn't understand any of this. The world was becoming digital; everything was smaller and lighter. But kids at school lugged more weight than ever.

  Michael Crichton

  School, Kids, Airports

  Michael Crichton (2002). “Prey”

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• Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created thee can satisfy thee. If thou ask for anything else, it is thy misfortune, for He alone made thee in His image can satisfy thee. That's rich, isn't it?

  Robin Jones Gunn

  Soul, Sound, Want

  Robin Jones Gunn (2009). “Sierra Jensen Collection”, p.385, Multnomah

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• When I was little, I used to think that the sky at night was a big, black blanket that separated heaven from earth, and the stars were a whole bunch of little pin holes that the angels poked in the blanket so they could look down on us.

  Robin Jones Gunn

  Stars, Angel, Night

  Robin Jones Gunn (1998). “Yours Forever”, Bethany House Pub

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• A little background: Annabeth used to adventure with Hermes's son Luke. Over time, Annabeth developed a crush on Luke. As Annabeth got older, Luke developed feelings for her, too. Luke turned evil. Hermes blamed Annabeth for not preventing Luke from turning evil. Annabeth blamed Hermes for being a rotten dad and giving Luke the capacity to become evil in the first place. Luke died in war. Hermes and Annabeth blamed each other. Confused? Welcome to my world.

  Rick Riordan

  Crush, Dad, Confused

  "The Demigod Diaries". Book by Rick Riordan, August 14, 2012.

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• Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else.

  Haruki Murakami

  Cute, Girl, Father

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• We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. It’s no matter that this dye doesn’t fool you. My lady, you don’t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Mirrors, Hair, Ideas

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• If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.

  Mark Gatiss

  Light, Dying, Rage

  Mark Gatiss (2009). “Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• All pleasure should be a little bent, don't you think?

  Mark Gatiss

  Thinking, Pleasure, Bent

  Mark Gatiss (2009). “Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Why are tall guys always attracted to short women? Not just moderately short women, either... Tiny women. Polly Pockets. The tallest guys always-always-always go for the shortest girls. Always. It's like they're so infatuated with their own height that they want to be with someone who makes them feel even taller. Someone they can tower over. A little doll that will make them feel even bigger and stronger.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Girl, Guy, Stronger

  Rainbow Rowell (2011). “Attachments”, p.128, Hachette UK

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• I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.

  Ned Vizzini

  Running, Thinking, These Days

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• The anger of the weak never goes away, Professor, it just gets a little moldy. It molds like a beautiful blue cheese in the dark, growing stronger, and more interesting. The poor and the weak die with all their anger intact and probably those angers go on growing in the dark of the grave like the hair and the nails.

  Marge Piercy

  Beautiful, Dark, Hair

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• I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.

  Lee Child

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.236, Delacorte Press

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• Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier.

  Jay Asher

  Bits, Little Bit, Ifs

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.115, Penguin

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• Everybody thinks I'm this delicate little girl. But you can't tell a book by it's cover.' To which she added a momentary smile.

  Haruki Murakami

  Girl, Book, Thinking

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Norwegian Wood”, p.24, Random House

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• The army slew a thousand and showed little pity The king ordered fealty from the conquered city The prince charmed its people with words wise and witty And the queen sat on a couch, looking very pretty

  Shannon Hale

  Wise, Witty, Kings

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• Dead bodies are such trouble,” Evie said with a little sigh, and Mabel had to turn her head away so as not to laugh.

  Libba Bray

  Laughing, Body, Trouble

  Libba Bray (2012). “The Diviners: Number 1 in series”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• I wouldn’t expect you to get it, Daisy. You don’t look at anything besides Photoplay—and even then somebody’s gotta explain the pictures to you.” Daisy’s mouth hung open in outrage. “Well, I never!” “Yeah, that’s what you tell all your fellas, but the rest of us aren’t buying it. Go away, now, Daisy. Shoo, little fly!

  Libba Bray

  Going Away, Looks, Mouths

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• Drug addicts are so funny that way. Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little. How sad.

  James St. James

  Spinning Around, Drug, World

  James St. James (2003). “Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

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• I had done either too much coke or too little, a constant problem in my life.

  James Crumley

  Done, Too Much, Coke

  James Crumley (2016). “Dancing Bear”, p.21, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic.

  Enid Blyton

  Beautiful, Running, Lonely

  "The Secret Island (Secret Series, Book 1)". Book by Enid Blyton, 1938.

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• They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by. They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.

  Enid Blyton

  Beautiful, Song, Night

  Enid Blyton (2016). “The Secret Island”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• Life might be easier if you give in a little, but it's better if you hold onto something so hard you can't give it up.

  Craig Silvey

  Giving, Might, Easier

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• I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.' 'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.

  Enid Blyton

  Summer, Nice, Little Sister

  "Five Go Off in a Caravan". Book by Enid Blyton, www.theguardian.com. 1946.

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• What can any one person do?' he said. 'Each person does a little something,' I said, 'and there you are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Doe, Said, Persons

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.235, Dial Press

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• There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad then; for I have heard my daughter say, she hath often dreamt of unhappiness, and waked herself with laughing.

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Daughter, Sleep

  1598 Leonato, of Beatrice. Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc.1, l.321-5.

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