"A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the trophies of his youth, along with his trout flies."

-- John Cheever

#Elderly Quotes #Trout Quotes #Stories Quotes

“If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.”

Source : William Bartram (1958). “The Travels of William Bartram”, p.57, University of Georgia Press
“Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.”
“The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser (2015). “Sister Carrie: Top American Novels”, p.54, 谷月社
“With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.”
“They've (Israel) lost the battle for public opinion. They claim it's because American Jews know too little.. I claim it's because they know too much about the conflict, and young liberal Jews have difficulty defending the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon or supporting the Israeli settlements.”
“We can want peace, but unless we are spiritually at peace ourselves, we dont mean it. It is our thoughts which keep that part of the universe where each of us stand out of or in balance.”
“Change is an action not just an epiphany!”
“Who knew three dots could make such a difference? Like everything else, a love or a wish or whatever, it was all in the way you read it.”

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