Smaller Quotes

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Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs that Mrs. Weasley had sent.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Arthur, with his keen blue eyes and hair of burnished gold, his ready smile and guileless countenance. Wide and heavy of shoulder, long of limb,… — Stephen R. Lawhead
My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I am. — Susan Sontag
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of… — Voltaire
â€¢ This seems impossible to me. It seems biologically impossible to stay the same size, although I must. It seems one must always be either… — Marya Hornbacher
But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The… — Ray Bradbury
I wouldn't run for President. I wouldn't want to move to a smaller house. — Unknown Author
He's going to hurt you," Al said, looking at Pierce. "I can take care of you, teach you to survive. Be there for you, even… — Kim Harrison
The hippogriff took off into the air. . . . He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them . .… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The Amoeba?" she asked Aiden. "The gang," he said, tossing his hand to indicate all around. "My people. A large amorphous mass that keeps on… — Annette Curtis Klause
At this, Constance sat down on a rock and covered her face. She seemed smaller than ever now - so small the harbor breeze might… — Trenton Lee Stewart
Even if itâ€™s a dumb story, telling it changes people just the slightest little bit, just as living the story changes me. An infinitesimal change.… — John Green
Smaller-than-Medium-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock — Terry Pratchett
Everything that creates itself upon the backs of smaller scales will by those same scales be consumed. — David Eagleman
I emphasize the distinction between brackets and no brackets because it will affect your reading experience, if you will allow it. Brackets are exciting. Even… — Anne Carson
For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel… — Sarah Dessen
We write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller. — David Grossman
I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I really am.â€œ She… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Iâ€™d designed my avatarâ€™s face and body to look, more or less, like my own. My avatar had a slightly smaller nose than me, and… — Ernest Cline
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the… — Malcolm Gladwell

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