Is that all there is?

When I was little, I always imagined things as being bigger than they really were.  When I visited New York City for the first time, the Statue of Liberty wasn't nearly as tall as I'd imagined it.  Even as a grownup, I'm not totally free of that tendency.  I'd imagined London as a huge city, but when I lived there, it took a while to get used to its small scale and how much was within mere walking distance.  And I looked at maps of the Chinese city of Chongqing when I was writing my Ph.D. thesis, then afterward when I visited the actual city, I realized that in my head I'd overestimated that city's scale too.

I don't like the saying, "Is that all there is?" If there isn't any more, look elsewhere.