"Faith is a gift-but you can ask for it."

-- Fulton Oursler

“In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time. A century of family saga and a ride up an escalator can take the same number of pages. Fiction sets any conversion rate, then changes it in a syllable. The narratorâ€™s mother carries her child up the stairs and the reader follows, for days. But World War I passes in a paragraph. I needed 125 pages to get from Labor Day to Christmas vacation. In six more words, hereâ€™s spring.”

Source : Richard Powers (2009). “Generosity: An Enhancement”, p.166, Macmillan
“In the end, everything is found to be wanting.”

Source : Frank Lentricchia (2011). “The Sadness of Antonioni”, p.160, SUNY Press
“Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.”
“Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.”
“When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed could lift a ruinous yoke from both.”
“I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.”
“There is a special bond between twin soul mates - unconditional love, respect for each other, bringing out the best in each other, and highly compatible.”

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