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[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons… — Anton Chekhov
Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left… — Chuck Palahniuk
As objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself more numb. To… — Susan Sontag
An old market had stood there until I'd been about six years old, when the authorities had renamed it the Olde Market, destroyed it, and… — Neal Stephenson
Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them. Big ones that… — Lisa Kleypas
...the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into… — W G Sebald
Perhaps a creature of so much ingenuity and deep memory is almost bound to grow alienated from his world, his fellows, and the objects around… — Loren Eiseley
Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's… — David Foster Wallace
Sometimes a thing isâ€”too muchâ€”and it has to be isolated and put away." Martin shrugged. "So what's in the boxes isâ€”emotion. In the form of… — Audrey Niffenegger
Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is… — Italo Calvino
Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as it does in… — Vladimir Nabokov
In NY sensuality completely turns into sexuality - no objects for the senses to respond to, no beautiful river, houses, people. Awful smells of the… — Susan Sontag
Vitamins ruined my life. Not that there was much left to ruin, but still. I know that blaming vitamins for my horrible life sounds strange.… — Elizabeth Scott
Oh, pooh, youâ€™re just like akri. No, Simmi, donâ€™t be breathing fire around the flammable objects or small children. Except for that black plastic card… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimatesâ€™ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements… — Anna Godbersen
Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very… — Haruki Murakami
Well," I said. "If you need me, I'll be outside, playing with sharp objects. — Rick Riordan
That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a thing… — Carl Jung
I disobeyed Ra's wishes, and so he ordered my onw father, Shu-" "Hang on," I said. "Shoe?" "S-h-u," she said. "The god of the wind."… — Rick Riordan
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or… — Michel Foucault

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