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title: "8 Small Animal Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-hard-to-be-brave-when-you-re-only-a-very-small-animal/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/anonymous-1_animal_it-is-hard-to-be-brave-when-you-re-only_186105.jpg)

> [“He felt the reassuring thump of having driven over a small animal, the jolt of it firming up the offer of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kane-x-faucher/he-felt-the-reassuring-thump-of-having-driven-over-a-small-animal-the/)

[Kane X. Faucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kane-x-faucher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/kane-x-faucher-51404_reassuring_he-felt-the-reassuring-thump-of-having-d_722894.jpg)

> [Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/beauty-depends-on-size-as-well-as-symmetry-no-very-small-animal-can/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/aristotle-78_animals_beauty-depends-on-size-as-well-as-symmet_1271084.png)

> [It's awfully hard to be b-b-b-b-brave when you're such a small animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piglet/it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-b-b-b-b-brave-when-you-re-such-a-small-animal/)

[Piglet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piglet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/piglet-25214_animals_it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-b-b-b-b-brave-wh_1404848.jpg)

> [She didn't even notice right away that a small animal had come out from behind a nearby car and was slowly making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-johnson/she-didn-t-even-notice-right-away-that-a-small-animal-had-come-out/)

[Maureen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/maureen-johnson-1282_animal_she-didn-t-even-notice-right-away-that-a_1623965.jpg)

> [A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/a-tiger-does-not-ignore-or-slight-any-small-animal-the-way-he-catches/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/shunryu-suzuki-1280_animal_a-tiger-does-not-ignore-or-slight-any-sm_1817059.png)

> [It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/it-is-very-hard-to-be-brave-said-piglet-sniffing-slightly-when-you-re/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/benjamin-hoff-4297_adventure_it-is-very-hard-to-be-brave-said-piglet_2406775.jpg)

> [“She had small animal bones. They moved her skin - surface swimming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-benn/she-had-small-animal-bones-they-moved-her-skin-surface-swimming/)

[Tom Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-benn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/tom-benn-283661_animals_she-had-small-animal-bones-they-moved-he_2848050.jpg)

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