As in no other form of lute or combat, the conditions are such; the winner takes nothing, neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notion of glory, nor if he wins far enough, will he find anything within himself.

Write the best story that you can and write it as straight as you can.

No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.

Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead.

The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.

we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs.