Quotes from bookSmall Great Things
Small Great Things is a work of fiction by American author Jodi Picoult. Picoult chose the title from the words of Martin Luther King, "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." The book deals with the issue of race in America and revolves around the protagonist, a delivery nurse named Ruth Jefferson. The book is being adapted into a film starring Viola Davis and Julia Roberts.
“Love has nothing to do with what you're looking at and everything to do with who's looking.”
Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things
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“Pride is an evil dragon; it sleeps underneath your heart and then roars when you need silence.”
Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin book Small Great Things
Also appears in Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things
Source: In 1962 James Baldwin penned an essay titled “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” in “The New York Times Book Review”.
Context: We are the generation that must throw everything into the endeavor to remake America into what we say we want it to be. Without this endeavor, we will perish. ... Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things
Source: Small Great Things
