“Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story.”
“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.”
“Everything is important- that success is in the details.”
“The truth of the story lies in the details.”
“This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed.”
“If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.”