Disappointment Tears The Bearable Film Off Life.

The Short Story Is At An Advantage Over The Novel, And Can Claim Its Nearer Kinship To Poetry, Because It Must Be More Concentrated, Can Be More Visionary, And Is Not Weighed Down (as The Novel Is Bound To Be) By Facts, Explanation, Or Analysis. I Do Not Mean To Say That The Short Story Is By Any Means Exempt From The Laws Of Narrative: It Must Observe Them, But On Its Own Terms.

We Desert Those Who Desert Us; We Cannot Afford To Suffer; We Must Live How We Can.

One Can Live In The Shadow Of An Idea Without Grasping It.

Solitary And Farouche People Don't Have Relationships; They Are Quite Unrelatable.

I Know That I Have In My Make-up Layers Of Synthetic Experiences, And That The Most Powerful Of My Memories Are Only Half True.