underestimate Quotes

When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart - and I thought I was so smart.

“We have a definition in our heads of what an advantage is - and the definition isn’t right. [...] It means that we misread battles between underdogs and giants. It means that we underestimate how much freedom there can be in what looks like a disadvantage. It’s the Little Pond that maximizes your chances to do whatever you want.”

“Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.”

“Large does not always defeat little. Little can become large by constant building; large can become little by falling apart.”

“It’s you. The indentured servant. I mean, the tenant-slash-cleaning lady.”

“If one is a woman one is often surprised by a sudden splitting off of consciousness, say in walking down Whitehall, when from being the natural inheritor of that civilisation, she becomes, on the contrary, alien and critical. ”

The Elves, time travelers from the 21st century, have found a way back to the 16th century and plan to do their own plundering of the land’s rich natural resources. Their only mistake is foolishly underestimating the Sterkarms themselves.

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things.”