#story

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect. ↗

The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add to the glory of it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#also #brother #glory #i #i think

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#best #honestly #i #matter #needs

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#characters #creating #i #i believe #i believe in

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#been #domesticated #history #horse #horses

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#history #living #repetition #way #wrong

World history is tragic. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#tragic #world #world history

The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. ↗

— Buenaventura Durruti

#blast #bourgeoisie #history #leaves #might

The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. ↗