"The secret is to start a story near the ending."

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Chris Offutt

#Secret Quotes #Stories Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“When people ask me, "Who was the toughest pitcher you ever faced?", I have to say that there has never been a pitcher who over-impressed me. That's not meant to be a bragging statement. It's just that I get up for good pitchers.”
“Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 20, 2012
“...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a fire you've tended all your life, and the sparks are all scattered into the wind.... That's why we survive as long as we do, because the people who loved us keep us going.”

Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.84, Vintage
“Le lecteur, lui non plus, ne voit pas les choses du dehors. Il est dans le labyrinthe aussi. The reader [as well as the main character] does not view the work from outside. He too is in the labyrinth.”

Source : 1959 Dans le labyrinthe.
“Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.”
“You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.”
“I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.”
“Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times... If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God.”

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