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Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem… — Sarah Palin
The big reason why folks leave a small town,' Rant used to say, 'is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And… — Chuck Palahniuk
There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as… — George Carlin
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens… — Nick Hornby
Its big men are mostly little men with fancy offices and a lot of money. A great many of them are stupid little men, with… — Raymond Chandler
In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner. — Kristin Hannah
Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city. — Richard Peck
The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States… — Stendhal
A pretty face had been damaged by acne scars and she wore and extra forty pounds on her frame like a threat. Her eyes were… — Dennis Lehane
And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And… — Sherman Alexie
Small towns are like metronomes; with the slightest flick, the beat changes. — Mitch Albom
People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the… — Elizabeth Chandler
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobbledstreets silent and the hunched courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the… — Dylan Thomas
Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high… — Anne Rice
And what does the rain say at night in a small town, what does the rain have to say? Who walks beneath dripping melancholy branches… — Jack Kerouac
When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished. — Louise Erdrich
You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked. "Except for the years I went to college." "Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something… — Nicholas Sparks
You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town — Nicholas Sparks
The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad,… — Sarah Dessen
I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean… — Sheryl Crow
Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it… — Roger Bannister
One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me. — Anna Nicole Smith
I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism. — Leon Krier
Ever since I was a little kid, I always dreamed of being a Big City kid, because I grew up in a very small town… — Dustin Milligan

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