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title: "3 Little Bursts Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“loneliness can kill people—in different ways can actually make you die. Olive’s private view is that life depends on what she thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/loneliness-can-kill-people-in-different-ways-can-actually-make-you/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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> [Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as "big bursts" and "little bursts." Big bursts are things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/olive-s-private-view-is-that-life-depends-on-what-she-thinks-of-as/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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> [“life depends on what she thinks of as ‘big bursts’ and ‘little bursts.’ Big bursts are things like marriage or children, intimacies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/life-depends-on-what-she-thinks-of-as-big-bursts-and-little-bursts/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

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