“Words can make big things little, you know.”

“Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.”

“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

“Little little things can do a big differences.”

“Olive. . . knows that loneliness can kill people - in different ways can actually make you die. Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as "big bursts" and "little bursts". Big bursts are things like marriage or children, intimacies that keep you afloat, but these big bursts hold dangerous, unseen currents. Which is why you need the little bursts as well: a friendly clerk at Bradlee's, let's say, or the waitress at Dunkin' Donuts who knows how you like your coffee. Tricky business, really.”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”