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My space chums think my unique hookup with humanity could be evolution's awkward attempt to jump-start itself up again. They're thinking just maybe, going crazy… — Lily Tomlin
First, never go against the best light you have; second, take care that your light be not darkness. — Thomas Wilson
The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking -… — George Orwell
...all knowledge exists in the Mind universe of Light - which is God - that all Mind is One Mind, that men do not have… — Walter Russell
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will,… — G I Gurdjieff
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort. — A.J. Ayer
Human beings have an unalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing. — Germaine Greer
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat… — Mencius
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting. — Albert Einstein
Suddenly I burst into song: 'Awe, sweet mystery of life, at last I found thee...' And I felt so good inside and my heart felt… — Lily Tomlin
Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When one doors closes, another door opens. — Helen Keller
First begin between selves, set a definite time, at each at that time put down what the other is doing. Do this 20 days. You… — Edgar Cayce
You can't think and hit the ball at the same time. — Yogi Berra
In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter. — Annie Proulx
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start… — George R. R. Martin
A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting, time, events, are all subject to the mood.… — Eudora Welty
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to… — John Steinbeck
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the… — Emma Donoghue
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for. — Walter Kirn
When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may… — Truman Capote
In short stories there's more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it's almost like a poem in that you can come to… — Karen Russell
Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression. — Isobelle Carmody
Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order. — Tobias Wolff
I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn't that the truth, but to feel some kind… — Alice Munro

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