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> [It must be significant that nearly all the evolutionary stories I learned as a student…have now been debunked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-v-ager/it-must-be-significant-that-nearly-all-the-evolutionary-stories-i/)

[D. V. Ager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-v-ager/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/d-v-ager-42699_evolution_it-must-be-significant-that-nearly-all-t_2232622.jpg)

> [From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/from-ernest-hemingway-s-stories-i-learned-to-listen-within-my-stories/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/nadine-gordimer-3358_character_from-ernest-hemingway-s-stories-i-learne_2708139.jpg)

> [“The old stories must be learned anew, studied again within the context of a world at odds with itself and only able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-meade/the-old-stories-must-be-learned-anew-studied-again-within-the-context/)

[Michael Meade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-meade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michael-meade-14866_myths_the-old-stories-must-be-learned-anew-stu_2824498.png)

> [In workshopping short stories I learned how to get character down, and how to work with ratios of literal to fantastic to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/in-workshopping-short-stories-i-learned-how-to-get-character-down-and/)

[Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/karen-russell-1697_believe_in-workshopping-short-stories-i-learned_3045047.png)

> [“Maybe that was how to heal. I told myself stories and learned that I could be made of the ones I chose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/maybe-that-was-how-to-heal-i-told-myself-stories-and-learned-that-i/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/francisco-goldman-19172_life_maybe-that-was-how-to-heal-i-told-myself_3156091.jpg)

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