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"We have to tell each other the little things, the bad things. Maybe they’ll hurt for a while, but at least they won’t become big things. If we don’t, we’re just going to keep hurting each other. And I don’t want to do that anymore."

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Rainer Maria Rilke Poet, Novelist
Littles

"There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
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"so i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew, so close your eyes, escape this town for a little while."

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
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"I speak for an art ... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road."

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Vincent de Paul Saint, Priest
Littles

"[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!"

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Vincent de Paul Saint, Priest
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"In the name of God, Monsieur, let us have greater confidence in Him than we do; let us allow Him to steer our little bark; if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed."

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Vladimir Nabokov Novelist
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"If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued, frightened-to-death rocking chair, before I drove to wherever the beast's lair was - and then pulled the pistol's foreskin back, and then enjoyed the orgasm of the crushed trigger."

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