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1 " It takes a great woman to respect the little man in her child, and the little child in her man. "
2 " I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone, are guilty of the war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, great wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again. "
― Anne Frank , The Diary of a Young Girl
3 " What are you about?" said the vehicle as a panel popped open to reveal delicate components. " I am not accustomed to such usage." The little man said nothing, but began to rearrange connections and sever some linkages within the autocab's mechanism. The vehicle lurched and then spiraled down to a meadow bordered by trees." I will be compelled to summon assist-" said the car, then broke off as Gaskarth made a final adjustment. The autocab dropped the remaining few inches to the grass, and the dwarf twisted the emergency release handle to open the doors. Filidor followed him out of the autocab." Who am I?" inquired the car. " Have I a function?" " Perhaps you are a type of bird," said Gaskarth. " If so, it is your function to fly." The autocab digested this information briefly, then lifted slightly. " Experimentation tends to support the hypothesis," it said, and flew in widening circles out of their ken. "
4 " Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand. "
― Laurie R. King , A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3)
5 " Nope. Too Much,” Marin said, and tossed the little man out of the hospital window. She needed coffee. Either that or a large dose of Thorazine. "
6 " We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street. "
