#short

...writing stories was always a bit like falling in love with a stranger and running off to Marrakech for a long weekend. It didn't have to be successful to be thrilling. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#short-stories #writing #love

I live in different worlds. One world where I perform my duty as a part of society. My favorite is my world. The writing's world. ↗

— Ria Tumimomor

#horror #short-stories #love

Remember this above all else: Never, ever appear like you once were, not to anyone. You have entered a new phase, but you must forgive yourself to enter. And you have to remember new lessons of restraint, for they will always apply. You are now always your own private garden. You are now always the only one responsible for nourishing the soil and replenishing the seed. You alone tend you, you alone water. This is what I say for the tending of the sweet, resplendent places. - Waiting: Instructions in Texts and Pictures ↗

— Meg Sefton

#fiction #short-stories #forgiveness

No one can play your role better than you. ↗

— Sagar Ugale

#life-quote #short-quote #simple-quote #inspirational

Childhood is a short season. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#season #short

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#came #claus #getting #had #hard

Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#generation #kind #length #like #our

Our tree is actually a tree of the short-term interest rate. The average direction in which the short-term interest rate moves depends on the level of the rate. When the rate is very high, that direction is downward; when the rate is very low, it is upward. ↗

— John Hull

#average #depends #direction #downward #high

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting. ↗

— Natalie Gulbis

#driving #game #hard #i #improve

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors. ↗

— Shahrukh Khan

#better #film #i #out #personally