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George Saunders quote: "A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be..."

A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

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I've never loved any one else the way I love you. I'm full of poetry now. Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry.' 'Stop it. Harry, why do you have to turn into a devil now?' 'I don't like to leave anything,' the man said. 'I don't like to leave things behind. Ernest Hemingway
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Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises! J. R. R. Tolkien
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You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?"My problems?"Yes.'And you'll give me answers?"I'll give you what I can. Don't I always?"I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Maybe in a few weeks? Maybe in a few days? I see myself sitting there alone, arms across my knees, staring into space.It won't be the same, I say, not being able to hear you talk."Ah, talk . . .... Mitch Albom