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“They sowed the duller vegetables first, and a pleasant feeling of righteous fatigue stole over them as they addressed themselves to the peas.”

— E.M. Forster

“They walked the whole night and all the next day too from morning till evening, but they did not get out of the forest,…

— Jacob Grimm

“the children themselves repaid her griefs with small joys. These joys were so small that they could not be seen, like gold in the…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Perhaps it was the demands of having to take on me and the farm that left so little time for the gentler things. Such…

— Nora Roberts

“We walked back the way we came, and even though it was dark there were no lights burning inside the houses. They were like…

— Glenda Millard

“...those children were already beginning to repay her care by affording her small joys. These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The Produce Gem grins from half-way down the chip aisle. “And I thought the cucumber choosing was detailed.” Cash. He was watching. He saw…

— Pella Grace

“Root shook his head. “Pickles are cucumbers soaked in evil,” he said with his mouth full. “I refuse to associate them with my cooking.”

— Shay Lynam

“We usually got up at five o’clock. For breakfast, we ate Chinese cabbage that we grew in our garden. It was boiled in water…

— Masaji Ishikawa

“they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them, and could survive…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“While they were speaking of - in their opinion - great things, around about them only little things - also in their opinion -…

— Adalbert Stifter