"The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live."

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Source : Ron Carlson (2007). “Ron Carlson Writes a Story”, Graywolf Press

#Heart Quotes #Tolerance Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.”

Source : "Johnny Rotten Praises Battling Bands, Trashes Internet Liars". Interview With Liot Van Buskirk, www.wired.com. September 3, 2007.
“In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it . . . research.”
“People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.”
“I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance.”
“So you should be able to see them clearly in your imagination. We always find it easier to visualize what we fear; it's what keeps us afraid of the dark." -Virginia Dare.”
“I think that The Great Gatsby has had some influence on contemporary dressing. I'm seeing more boyish haircuts and drop-waist sheath dresses.”
“A wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.”

Source : Kate Chopin (1899). “The Awakening”, p.172
“Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.”

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