"It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese."

-- Lafcadio Hearn

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“Twitter is currently valued at $8 billion, or $1 for every hour it has wasted.”
“Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business”
“The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.”
“I often say I've spent more time with photography than I have with literature just in terms of hours.”
“Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.”
“Men are more salary-sensitive when they're choosing a job.”
“My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.”
“love is ... something extraordinary that happens to ordinary people.”

Source : Anita Shreve (2002). “The Last Time They Met”, Large Print Press

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