---
title: "2 Return Smallness Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 2 Return Smallness quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Return Smallness sayings and thoughts."
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> [To grow is sometimes to hurt, but who would return to smallness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-patton-boyle/to-grow-is-sometimes-to-hurt-but-who-would-return-to-smallness/)

[Sarah-Patton Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-patton-boyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_gardening_to-grow-is-sometimes-to-hurt-but-who-wou_114574.jpg)

> [If we love-and-serve an ideal we reach backward in time to its inception and forward to its consummation. To grow is sometimes to hurt; but who would return to smallness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-patton-boyle/if-we-love-and-serve-an-ideal-we-reach-backward-in-time-to-its/)

[Sarah-Patton Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-patton-boyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_grows_if-we-love-and-serve-an-ideal-we-reach-b_1081159.jpg)

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