"It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those thingsâ€”a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earringâ€”with immense, even startling power."

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Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories”, p.25, Vintage

Raymond Carver

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“Most love stories are nocturnal. That's what makes them so fascinating.”
“I totally should've gone to Hogwarts when I had the chance.”

Source : Darynda Jones (2012). “Third Grave Dead Ahead”, p.36, Macmillan
“If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.”
“Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can be regarded as mitigating. And before you judge, although you have probably already done so, go away and write down the four worst things you have done to a partner, even if - especially if - your partner doesn't know about them. Don't dress things up, or try to explain them; just write them down, in a list, in the plainest language possible. Finished? Ok, so who's the arsehole now?”
“The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.”
“It's here somewhere," I assured him. "Please tell me you haven't lost it already." "We did fall out of the sky, you know," I said indignantly. "It's easy for things to go missing.”
“I have never given this ring, my soul, to anyone. Azrael has never had any part of this. This is the only part of myself that is truly mine, and now it is yours.â€ â€”Jack Force”
“Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.”

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