literary quote
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300 short stories:: story 176
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Saint Andrew’s Hotel” author: Sara Majka year: 2016 where: Greece note: from Cities I’ve Never Lived In a line: “Peter stayed in the hospital until he was twenty-one; nobody could find his parents, and the hospital had put him to use in the kitchen.”
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300 short stories:: story 169
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Adventure of a Soldier” author: Italo Calvino year: 1984 (English translation) where: Philadelphia train note: Such great description of how time stretches in the moments of nearness to someone we desire. a line: “This meeting of calves was precious, but it came at a price, a loss: in fact, the body’s weight was shifted and the…