Quotes of: Long-story Keyword

He may really have been enjoying an embryonic composition of his own stimulated by mere hints in the book.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

The Story of My Life

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

Don't try to explain everything, but do tell a few good stories.

The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.

Nicolas Roeg

My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in.

Phil Foglio

Advertisers don't want to put their ads next to the investigative story; it's extremely difficult to do that. And very few people today actually read those serious news stories on the Web now.

Pierre Omidyar

I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her?

Ray Bradbury

First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns.

Robert Creeley

When a photo of a person looks deep into your spirit and tells you thousand stories….. Stories from your past even before you existed, then the photo is way above any description.

Sameh Elsayed

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.

Shigeru Miyamoto

I think of myself as a writer with a sense of humour rather than a comedy writer. Happy to tell a story with lots of jokes in it - I wouldn't know how to do jokes without the story.

Steven Moffat

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

Satyajit Ray