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Short Quotes: "A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself."

A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.



Short Quotes: "Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away."

Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away.




Short Quotes: "The events of life have never fallen into the form of the short story or the form of the poem, or into any other form.Yourown consciousnessisthe only formyouneed."

The events of life have never fallen into the form of the short story or the form of the poem, or into any other form.Yourown consciousnessisthe only formyouneed.



Short Quotes: "Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining."

Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.




Short Quotes: "My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires. Yet filed with my abilities."

My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires. Yet filed with my abilities.



Short Quotes: "Short summers lightly have a forward spring."

Short summers lightly have a forward spring.



Short Quotes: "O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour."

O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.




Short Quotes: "There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God."

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.



Short Quotes: "L.A. is a kind of a landing place for some people. People are just in and out all the time. People are there for a short time until they get what they need and then they go somewhere else."

L.A. is a kind of a landing place for some people. People are just in and out all the time. People are there for a short time until they get what they need and then they go somewhere else.



Short Quotes: "Homo-Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns."

Homo-Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.



Short Quotes: "The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started."

The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started.



Short Quotes: "I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When he drove up at the door I drove out of the dock because he says I’m his ideal."

I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When he drove up at the door I drove out of the dock because he says I’m his ideal.




Short Quotes: "A leader’s cross is the temporal pain they go through and his crown is the permanent gain when at last victory is achieved."

A leader’s cross is the temporal pain they go through and his crown is the permanent gain when at last victory is achieved.



Short Quotes: "Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty."

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.



Short Quotes: "Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels."

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.



Short Quotes: "The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all."

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.



Short Quotes: "My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel."

My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.



Short Quotes: "Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite."

Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.



Short Quotes: "I’ve been asking you to marry me since we met! What more do you want?"

I’ve been asking you to marry me since we met! What more do you want?



Short Quotes: "I imagine I should have told it to you before? I love you, Sejal.I wish for you to become my wife.Recently I’ve also opened a shop in North Dakota and thinking that, just maybe, you love me too."

I imagine I should have told it to you before? I love you, Sejal.I wish for you to become my wife.Recently I’ve also opened a shop in North Dakota and thinking that, just maybe, you love me too.



Short Quotes: "Life is too short as we all know it to be. So why dare to spend it trying to live up to other people's worldly expectations of you?"

Life is too short as we all know it to be. So why dare to spend it trying to live up to other people's worldly expectations of you?



Short Quotes: "A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief."

A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.



Short Quotes: "I spent all nightweaving a poem for you to wear. You look so beautifulwhen you wear my light."

I spent all nightweaving a poem for you to wear. You look so beautifulwhen you wear my light.



Short Quotes: "Interest in temperament as an individual difference dimension of importance in one's behavior leads to reanalysis of both theoretical and methodological considerations relating to the construct."

Interest in temperament as an individual difference dimension of importance in one's behavior leads to reanalysis of both theoretical and methodological considerations relating to the construct.



Short Quotes: "Never allow your short term temperament to affect your long term decisions."

Never allow your short term temperament to affect your long term decisions.



Short Quotes: "You sit beside the sorcerer, your love, and unzip your ribs. Tucked under your heart is a small oak box, plain and unvarnished. You offer it to the sorcerer. 'I brought this for you."

You sit beside the sorcerer, your love, and unzip your ribs. Tucked under your heart is a small oak box, plain and unvarnished. You offer it to the sorcerer. 'I brought this for you.



Short Quotes: "One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings."

One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings.



Short Quotes: "I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk."

I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk.



Short Quotes: "As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story."

As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story.



Short Quotes: "Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life returned to her as the dream disappeared: weekend, hotel room, Baguio, memory, memory, memory."

Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life returned to her as the dream disappeared: weekend, hotel room, Baguio, memory, memory, memory.



Short Quotes: "Any moment now, I thought, he was going to wake up. Any moment."

Any moment now, I thought, he was going to wake up. Any moment.



Short Quotes: "In some mystical way, Lenny seemed to ennoble work more than anyone I had ever met"Also in "Stories and Scripts:an Anthology"

In some mystical way, Lenny seemed to ennoble work more than anyone I had ever met"Also in "Stories and Scripts:an Anthology



Short Quotes: "Some people say 'life is too short, ' but yet constantly procrastinating as if life on earth is forever."

Some people say 'life is too short, ' but yet constantly procrastinating as if life on earth is forever.



Short Quotes: "Life is too short to be sharing its precious moments with the crowd."

Life is too short to be sharing its precious moments with the crowd.



Short Quotes: "Without pride, man becomes a parasite – and there are already too many parasites."

Without pride, man becomes a parasite – and there are already too many parasites.



Short Quotes: "Shame comes in different doses."

Shame comes in different doses.



Short Quotes: "It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money."

It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money.



Short Quotes: "Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist."

Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist.



Short Quotes: "Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs."

Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.



Short Quotes: "Every time I so much as blink you get an erection."

Every time I so much as blink you get an erection.



Short Quotes: "To Kalist, Baumauer’s just a timber bridge in need of a good hot fire."

To Kalist, Baumauer’s just a timber bridge in need of a good hot fire.



Short Quotes: "You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist."

You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.



Short Quotes: "Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged downwards into the underworld we all regularly inhabit?"

Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged downwards into the underworld we all regularly inhabit?



Short Quotes: "Secrets are dangerous.” Gottfried Baumauer."

Secrets are dangerous.” Gottfried Baumauer.



Short Quotes: "Sometimes I wonder which is worse: To have to kill because it is your job, or to have no remorse for all the murderous things you have done?"

Sometimes I wonder which is worse: To have to kill because it is your job, or to have no remorse for all the murderous things you have done?



Short Quotes: "Sometimes I wonder which is worse: "To have to kill because it is your job, or to have no remorse for all the murderous things you have done?"

Sometimes I wonder which is worse: "To have to kill because it is your job, or to have no remorse for all the murderous things you have done?




Short Quotes: "She had a new secret, the strenght of the moon, looking at her"

She had a new secret, the strenght of the moon, looking at her



Short Quotes: "And just as I'm about to lay on the Yi-Wang-Smooth, I see Lay #1 and Lay #3 show up to our table and take the two empty seats nearby. From: "My Worst Valentine's Day.Ever: a Short Story"

And just as I'm about to lay on the Yi-Wang-Smooth, I see Lay #1 and Lay #3 show up to our table and take the two empty seats nearby. From: "My Worst Valentine's Day.Ever: a Short Story