The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work with the evident and superficial thing

The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work with the evident and superficial thing

While the novel-writer aims at an eminently natural method of transcription, the author of the short story adopts a very artificial one

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism...the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

Live deep instead of fast.

Live deep instead of fast. I think this is what Thoreau meant.

If the bell of intolerance tolls for one, it tolls for all.