Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain, hope played like a playing card upon another hope, a wish for kindnesses and mercies to emerge like kings and queens in an unexpected change of the game. One could hold the cards oneself or not: they would land the same regardless. Lorrie Moore
Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people get luck handed to them, a second chance, a save. It can happen heroically, or by a simple coincidence ,...
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Jessica Sorensen
Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck
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Toba Beta
Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concentration attracts luck factor.
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Amit Ray
Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“ Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.
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Brandon Sanderson
More Quotes By Lorrie Moore
This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.
They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.
She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.
A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.
I don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.
