Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

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 streets.

The Back Door of Midnight

We need to keep government small, but we also need to keep the influence of big business small, and we need to keep the power in the hands of the people, where it belongs. Big government and big business aren’t the only two alternatives.

Afterlife

Childhood is such a delicate tissue; what they had done this morning could snag somewhere in the little ones, make a dull, small pain that will circle back again and again, and hurt them in small ways for the rest of their lives.

Arcadia

I could burn this place down As many times as I'd like in my mind, Without any sympathy For the girl or her mother Who live beneath me

Hell in a Basket: A small collection of personal poems.

And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most...they're terrified of a small group with a committed goal.

The Inner Circle

To be terrified and yet unafraid seems a great paradox of worship, but when one has tasted it, the notion of an eternity spent terrifyingly unafraid like that is remarkably appetizing.

A Small Cup of Light: A Drink in the Desert

... and all we knew about her that we didn't know the night before was that she had eyes like pansies and skin like the moon.

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark

We are so small; and what must one hold on to when one no longer recognizes one's own hands, nor one's step, nor even the small dose of everyday despair.

Murder

If you wanted candles and romantic music, then you wouldn’t have chosen me.” “Maybe I didn’t choose,” she dared. “Maybe it just happened.

Ninety Degrees: A Precursor to Small Circles

As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

Successful prospecting depends on selecting methods that you can effectively navigate. If something makes you uncomfortable, please don't do it.

Lemonade Stand Selling: Accelerate Your Small Business Growth

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.

Letters to a Young Poet

Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But it could blow everybody's head off.

Lit

Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more valid experiences.

A Long Way from You

Who but my mother held those small pieces of my childhood? Where would they go when she was gone?

Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir

We are no more secure in Christ with a strong faith than with a small faith, so long as that small faith is true faith.

The Storytelling God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables

Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.

The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

She has changed in this way that motherhood changes you, so that you forget you ever had time for small things like despising the color pink.

Pigs in Heaven

You’re only as happy as your least happy child,’ is the best description of motherhood I have ever read.

Perfectly Miserable: Guilt, God and Real Estate in a Small Town

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.

Think and Grow Rich