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1 " A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries. "
― Tim O'Brien
2 " One of the first lessons that I hope you grasp is that woven into meaningful literature, so tightly that it can't be separated, is a telling lesson, even in stories as short as this one." " Always?" I ask." Always!" she confirms. " Good stories teach! "
3 " All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave. "
― Mike Carey , Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
4 " It’s hard to find good stories now. "
― Seth Dickinson , The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
5 " I contend that good children's stories are always about the Getting of Wisdom. That's another way of saying, " Let your characters grow. Up." And good stories for adults are about the Holding of Wisdom. Another way of saying, " Recognize you are grown up. "
6 " To write a novel is to dream a story and write it down on the page. That’s why the power of a really good story is one of true magic. Good stories engage the reader utterly in the writer’s dream so the dream becomes theirs, too. "
