Quotes of: Short-story Keyword

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Michelangelo

One of the problems with all of this is that not all narratives are equal. Imagine, to take a silly example, that someone told you story after story extolling the virtues of eating dog shit. You've been told these stories since you were a child. You ...

Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization

He [Wallace] sent a quick note to his friend [Franzen] explaining his behavior. "the bold fact is that I'm a little afraid of you right now,"[...] "all I can tell you is that I may have been that [a worthy opponent] for you a couple/ three years ago,...

Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace

Now from science we have a new creation story, which is very alluring and very exciting. It's not about deposing all the other wisdom stories about creation that humanity has gathered, but it certainly supplements it. It offers a real universal view ...

Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity

Had I realized while on Earth," he said, "that Hell was such a delightful place, I should have put more faith in the teachings of religion. As it was, I actually doubted its existence. A foolish error, cherie. I am pleased to say that you have conver...

Ladies in Hades: A Story of Hell's Smart Set & Gentlemen in Hades: The Story of a Damned Debutante

We love the night and its quiet; and there is no night that we love so well as that on which the moon is coffined in clouds.

Classic Ghost Stories by Wilkie Collins, M.R. James, Charles Dickens and Others

Today, you can pick your own news. At no time has the world been this compatible with apathy.

Cardinal virtues collection of stories on Jaime L. Cardinal Sin

I remember the pain I felt, and wonder why a man who was such an accomplished liar had to tell the truth that day.

Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar? And if you lie to a liar, is the sun somehow negated or reversed?

Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven

Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.

Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

What in the world could this family have done to deserve a fate such as this?

Dog Water Free, A Memoir: A coming-of-age story about an improbable journey to find emotional truth

The beauty of the human soul Is not the pretty face. It’s found within the heart and hands Of those who look — and stay.

Eye of the Beholder: True Stories of People with Facial Differences

Because the human experience involves loss, we need to feel it, express it, and then release it. Only then do we achieve healing.

Eye of the Beholder: True Stories of People with Facial Differences

They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens.

East of Eden

Have you ever gotten to a point where you looked at your own life, thought "Fu** this," and reached for the economy-sized Valium? Ah, suicide. So dark and seductive.

Freak: The True Story of an Insecurity Addict

She will always be etched in my being, like thread sewn through the fibers of my very soul.

Finding Anna: A Memoir: The True Story of Child Sexual Abuse

veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David

First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

You have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can do about that. Now, you can drown in the stink, or turn it into compost and grow a garden.

Freak: The True Story of an Insecurity Addict

But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters is what you've got in your gut.

Four: A Divergent Story Collection

A lot of the machines that Google is built on—commodity is the polite word for them—they're regular PCs and so they're not always the most reliable.

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days