Shakespeare--whetting, frustrating, surprising and gratifying.

It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an anachronistic staying on between a vanishing past and an incalculable future.

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.