It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great de…

Jean Webster
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It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones. ✨ Jean Webster (2004). Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy, p.105, Penguin
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It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones. ✨ Jean Webster (2004). Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy, p.105, Penguin

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