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

Everything that a painter did or that a writer wrote was a part of his training and preparation for what he was to do.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time.

Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.

Good dialogue is not real speech-it's the illusion of real speech.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.