"When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story."

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Source : Charles Baxter (1997). “Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction”

Charles Baxter

#Writing Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Details Quotes

“More than a hygienic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity:”

Source : Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“On a very practical level, I've learned the importance of circulation socks for planes. I had this awful experience of getting off a flight to go to an event and my feet had swelled. Try getting into heels then! So you put on the socks for the flight, then you can wear whatever heels you want.”
“I want to help promote Korean music around the world.”
“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is... The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.”
“I can still boss people around. I can still write. I can still read. I can still eat, and I can still have very strong views.”
“I will tell you one other thing about money: when you don't have it, it sure as hell affects the quality of people's health, and their relationships. And paper money isn't even real today, right? It's all really ones and zeros in computers today. But at the same time, if you don't have it, it certainly affects the quality of your life.”
“If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.”
“Wit doesn't make girls pretty.”

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