NOVEL, n. A short story padded...

A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too…

— Ambrose Bierce

A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was to create…

— Junot Diaz

The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the…

— Colum McCann

“NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it…

— Ambrose Bierce

“Fill in the blanks, you’d have a novel; keep it short and it’s a play by Beckett.”

— Stephen Dobyns

Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.

— Jorge Luis Borges

“NOVEL, SHORT STORY. TRY TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME READING TO HELP RELEASE STRESS AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS LIFE. http://www.noveldaily.com/ ”

— Short story

A good novel cannot be too long or a bad novel too short.

— Ellen Glasgow

A good novel cannot be too long nor a bad novel too short.

— Ellen Glasgow

I can remember when safe sex meant a padded headboard.

— Bob Monkhouse

You lil Fraggle Rock, beat you wit a padded lock

— Nicki Minaj

I go after the back of the basket pretty fiercely. It's padded so I know it's safe.

— Robin Lopez

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“WHAT FOR IS THIS BOX PADDED? IS IT TO BE SAT ON? CAN IT BE THAT IT IS CAT-FLAVOURED?”

— Terry Pratchett

“I'm quite certain that if I lost my sense of humor, it would most definitely need to be replaced by a padded cell.”

— Comic Strip Mama