“Even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.”
“Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift.”
“Even the smallest light can grow until there’s no darkness left.”
“It was one of the many rules in the kennel, rules that didn't always make sense, or even seem important, until some situation drew the lesson out.”
“When you are with somebody you love the smallest, smallest things can be so important, so amusing because love transforms the world, everything. And was that what had happened?”
“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”