#dwarf

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#case #dwarfed #flower #flowering #freely

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed. ↗

— Claude McKay

#development #dwarfed #grow #human #human beings

Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?” “Cheese made by dwarfs.” “Oh,” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .” “No. What a horrible thought.” “Exactly. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#dwarfs #funny #orion #funny

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. ↗

— John Petit-Senn

#giant #self-esteem #talent #where

Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the world's greatest libraries - indeed, in most respects what is available through the Internet dwarfs those libraries, and it is incomparably easier to find what you need. ↗

— Peter Singer

#amount #available #connection #dwarfs #easier

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#advertising #century #dwarfs #force #image

This dwarf still observes the world from his own self-imposed height. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #dwarf #dwarfs #height #heights

A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#dwarfed #generally #grafted #high #high price

Inside the mirrored elevator, Mulch used a telescopic pointer to push P for the penthouse. For the first few months he had jumped to reach the button, but that was undignified behavior for a millionaire. And besides, he was certain that Art could hear the thumping from the security desk. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#humor #humor-inspirational #art

Unsure how to answer, I took another grape. Time was no problem for me, but I wasn't eager to hear the long life story of a dwarf. And besides, this was a dream. It could evaporate any moment. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#dream #dwarf #viewpoint #dreams