"Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding."

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Maggie Shipstead

#Writing Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Stories Quotes

“A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.”
“Everybody is struggling to refine their views in opposition to the other people. And that's one of the most important things that philosophy actually has to teach us that you have to air your views and bring them to the table with people - with whom you disagree very much.”
“Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.”
“I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.”
“Each person has the potential of making a positive impact on the world. It all depends on what you do with what you have. Success is not to be measured by the amount of money you possess or the position you attain but rather in how you use both. Position and money can be squandered or abused, but they can also be used to help others.”
“The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.”

Source : "Pelé: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. June 13, 2014.
“I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we call chance. Not that this notion at all satisfies me. I feel most deeply that the whole subject is too profound for the human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton. Let each man hope and believe what he can.”
“We can reveal that John's 85 That's a well known fact Telling Kathy's age would be a breach Of the Official Secrets Act”

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