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title: "3 Story Separate Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [What I like about organizing things that way is that each story gets nearly full reign over its own space, but all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-kesey/what-i-like-about-organizing-things-that-way-is-that-each-story-gets/)

[Roy Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-kesey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/roy-kesey-30889_alliances_what-i-like-about-organizing-things-that_334042.jpg)

> [When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/when-you-can-state-the-theme-of-a-story-when-you-can-separate-it-from/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/flannery-o-connor-639_letter_when-you-can-state-the-theme-of-a-story_2604065.png)

> [I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-rarely-return-to-characters-my-characters-at-least-most-of-them-are/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/etgar-keret-2656_character_i-rarely-return-to-characters-my-charact_2770102.png)

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