Quotes about Short stories

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She had been waiting for someone to notice her, like, really notice her. She felt that that was the key, that she would — Rose Fall, Heart: A Romantic Short Story Collection
You were just a young girl not wanting to let on that death could happen to one who hadn't even lived yet. — Katherine Sloan, "Because you Were Under 30" Songs of my Selfie
Flora went to the cinema every day that week. She saw the same movie each day, and wore the same dress. — Angela Sloan, "The Lovesick Picture Show" Songs of my Selfie
I just want to always be here. In this place. Right here, right now. — Xingyue Sarah He, "Minnows" Songs of my Selfie
I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from Indi — K. Kanagalatha, The Goddess in the Living Room
The city was a hive from this height, the people and the yellow cabs moving about in the street below like pre-programme — David Levien
Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better l — Brian Koppelman
Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you bet — Brian Koppelman
A New York plate that said you die. (Dark City Lights) — Ed Park
Davey Boy's Dead was given a new lease on life when doctors transplanted the Dynamite Kidney into his body. That new lea — Darrin Mason, The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Laughter: The Ultimate Collection of Rude, Crude, and Very Funny Short Stories
Fuck your honour, Kaisheen. You are the smartest man I know, yet you had me travel three days during winter to have my c — Paul W.S. Bowler, Death and Duty
The cell door opened. My hands went to my eyes. Why was the door opened? I wasn’t dead yet. I think. — Paul W.S. Bowler, The Bucket
The hurts from my last day with my father are healed now, but I want to remember where they were; I want to remember wha — Veronica Roth, Four: A Divergent Story Collection
I think it is the art of the glimpse. If the novel is like an intricate Renaissance painting, the short story is an impr — William Trevor
Short stories are often treated as the poor cousins of novels. — Christopher Bram, The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered
Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including shor — Theodore Roosevelt
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet.‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’‘Oh, a writer, eh?’‘Yes. — Charles Bukowski, Factotum