literary quotes
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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…
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300 short stories:: story 170
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Time for the Eyes to Adjust” author: Linn Ullmann year: 2018 where: New York City note: some of this story reminds me of Picasso’s personal life (though I hear there are clues in this story that the story leans more autobiographical towards the writer’s parents) a line: “The father used to say that for his seventieth birthday…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 