| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| fca860d | She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off. | joy quote living life joys small-joys like-life lorrie-moore complicated pressure short-story realization quotes | Lorrie Moore | |
| b36fe20 | "I feel like the secretary to the morning whose only/ responsibility is to take down its bright, airy dictation/ | poetry writing small-joys mundane | Billy Collins |