Man is not made for defeat.

Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time. I only use swear words, for example, that have lasted at least a thousand years for fear of getting stuff that will be simply timely and then go sour.

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood

I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.