"There is too little courtship in the world."
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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."
"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."
"No religion but blasphemes a little."
"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."
"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."
"A little praise goes a great ways."
"No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also."
"What goes on around you... compares little with what goes on inside you."
"We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited."
"He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little."
"People who wash much have a high mind about it, and talk down to those who wash little."
"[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!"
"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."
"I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats."
"Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth."
"The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed."
"So much is asked of parents, and so little is given."
"So much universe, and so little time."
"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."