A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.
Lin YutangAnyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.
Lin YutangAll human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, embarking at a certain point and disembarking again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard.
Lin YutangThe purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.
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