Quotes by Small Pleasures It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones. Jean Webster small-pleasures happiness inspirational Sometimes the small pleasures in life are the sweetest. Karen Marie Moning small-pleasures pleasure sometimes There is no small pleasure in pure water. Ovid small-pleasures pure water Love feels like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures. Slavoj Žižek small-pleasures ruins emergencies