"You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages."

-- Zadie Smith

#Real Quotes #Insightful Quotes #Stories Quotes

“We have an absolute right in a democracy to argue about a war.”
“A lot of it is mental - you have to not fear your opponent. That's the number one thing, first off. Don't underestimate anybody, but don't fear anybody.”
“The Earth swirls down through the ominous moons of preconsidered generations.”
“And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? Safe sex of the highest order.”
“You need a little bit of the crazy to keep things fun.”

Source : Caprice Crane (2011). “With a Little Luck: A Novel”, p.285, Bantam
“Autumnal -- nothing to do with leaves. It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges of the day ... Brown is creeping up on us, take my word for it ... Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside edge of the senses... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth -- reflecting on itself and through itself, filtering the light. At such times, perhaps, coincidentally, the leaves might fall, somewhere, by repute. Yesterday was blue, like smoke.”
“Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.”
“Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.”

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