Comparison Quote by Jonathan Swift

“His shoulder-length hair was a rich, dark-brown color with a slight wave to it and it flowed behind him as he ran into the…

— Madison Thorne Grey

“Based on Gulliver's descriptions of their behaviour, the King describes Europeans as "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered…

— Jonathan Swift

“Little people make tall claims. As being this-that avatar or messiah. Some even say they're God. Well, if they are, I'm their grand-pop.”

— Fakeer Ishavardas

“And with that, Jonathan held in thought an image of the great gull-flocks on the shore of another time, and he knew with practiced…

— Richard Bach

“The great are eternally at the mercy of tiny men. And also, tiny madwomen.”

— Salman Rushdie

“So spoke Grenouille the Great and, while the peasantry of scent danced and celebrated beneath him, he glided with wide-stretched wings down from his…

— Patrick Süskind

“The Queen of Monsea, in trousers and short hair, looking for all the world like a miniature pirate.”

— Kristin Cashore

“After resting in the cool, shadowy interior for a while, with feelings of both gratitude and distaste, he set off once more, and as…

— W.G. Sebald

“The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“He was extremely short, five feet in heels, wearing a khaki sport coat and blue jeans. His brown hair, with long straight bangs, hung…

— Adam Ross

“Tiny Men, hold tall grudges”

— J. Macken

“Little people are often more fierce than their larger counterparts[...]”

— Mary Balogh