Live deep instead of fast.

The London 'Academy' has seen fit recently to scoff at the critics who have been exercising themselves ove rthe so-called art of the Short Story... But the new Short Story has gained more individuality. It supports the magazines and has invaded the newspapers

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

Reading for experience is the only reading that justifies excitement. Reading for facts is necessary bu the less said about it in public the better. Reading for distraction is like taking medicine. We do it, but it is nothing to be proud of. But reading for experience is transforming.

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

A short story is simplification to the highest degree

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