40 Quotes About Anthology

Anthologies, as the name implies, are collections of short works by a single author. They came into being as a way to publish more books in less time. These anthologies were once published as brochures or small booklets for convenience, but now are accessible online or in print. Some anthologies are no longer available, so here’s your chance to get your hands on some old favorites!

She shuffled with her head bowed, her dark eyes drifting...
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She shuffled with her head bowed, her dark eyes drifting to avoid contact, and she screamed in bed at night. (Dark City Lights) Jim Fusilli
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History is finite-there's only so much you can learn about a six square block historic district in New York City. (Dark City Lights) Kat Georges
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Sometimes I help him out and sometimes he helps me out, and sometimes he tries to push me through the wall. (Dark City Lights) Parnell Hall
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Fate bring two people togetherand it is love's job t o keep them there. Juvy Ann
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Life is short break the rules.forgive quickly, kiss slowly love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile... Juvy Ann
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While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights) S. J. Rozan
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Forgiving himself came easy to him. His, he'd come to realize, was a forgiving nature. Lawrence Block
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No one is sent by accident to anyone. Juvy Ann
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Fate bring two people together and it is love's job to keep them there Juvy Ann
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I'm looking for something new to believe in that isn't the way people yearn at night in the city. Constance Renfrow
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Journey through the Power of the Rainbow represents a condensed compendium of literary efforts from a life dedicated to transforming the themes of injustice, grief, and despair that we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment. Aberjhani
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If I'd learned nothing else in my twenty-seven years on this planet, I'd learned that when someone gives you something totally unexpected and undeserved, you don't ask questions. Jill D. Block
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If I'd learned nothing else in my twenty-seven years on this planet, 'd learned that when someone gives you something totally unexpected and undeserved, you don't ask questions. (Dark City Lights) Jill D. Block
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She resents the chipped paint of the table and the dingy closet they call a dressing room. (Dark City Lights) Annette Meyers
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Why is it so hard? It's hard because it matters, I think. Mina Holmes
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It would be one hell of an addition to someone's scrapbook. (Dark City Lights) Bill Bernico
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I heaved into being, came out of the stone, the bricks, and other elements, and took form. (Dark City Lights) Jerrold Mundis
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It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights) Peter Hochstein
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I never sleep well when I'm on call. Joshua Tuttle
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This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track. Erin Mitchell
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This isn't where I intended to be. Killing a person has a funny way of getting your life off-track. (Dark City Lights) Erin Mitchell
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The dimple in his left cheek was ironic-it gave the impression that he was sweet as a cupcake. (Dark City Lights) Elaine Kagan
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We skipped right over Walmart on the ladder down. Tyler Barton
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At least a hospital stay will give him an excuse to halt the job hunt. Stephanie Bramson
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The train hit her with the sound of a meat-filled hefty bag smacking the pavement, and the effect was much the same, I guess. (Dark City Lights) Warren Moore
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He didn't give a shit if Shakespeare didn't have glitter back in his day. Tiffany Ferentini
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Everyone loves a goddamned trainwreck, after all. Carolyn Drake
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Cigarette smoke when i didn't ask for it. Never when I did. Ifra Asad
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She would keep playing the role of the winner as long as the audience believed her. Mary Papas
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I worked all day in back ofa hot van snipping off dog balls, I can cut one more pair. (Dark City Lights) Thomas Pluck
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There's comfort in a life lived in circles and its careful, sloping lines. Jared Shaffer
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The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights) Tom Callahan
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You were just a young girl not wanting to let on that death could happen to one who hadn't even lived yet. Katherine Sloan
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Flora went to the cinema every day that week. She saw the same movie each day, and wore the same dress. Angela Sloan
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I just want to always be here. In this place. Right here, right now. Xingyue Sarah He
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The city was a hive from this height, the people and the yellow cabs moving about in the street below like pre-programmed insects. (Dark City Lights) David Levien
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Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely. Brian Koppelman
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Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you better listen closely. (Dark City Lights) Brian Koppelman
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A New York plate that said you die. (Dark City Lights) Ed Park