“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”

“Artemis: Sometimes plans don't translate smoothly from paper to real life.”

“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”

“It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.”

“Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?”

“I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me.”

“Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little — oh, I admit only a very little — of what life is about.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life.”

“It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.”

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.”