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Lim Oh Kee kills himself in the early hours on the 12th day of December, 1921. His last meal is rice and nothing. — Evan Adam Ang

I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me. — Jonathan Evison

My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel. — Chuck Palahniuk

A shrink and a patient in a love-hate relationship. Who is REALLY the boss? — Mary Papas

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. — John Ruskin

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books. — Leo Strauss

Life is short, so live extra lives. Read books. — Shannon Hale

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly — Jayne Ann Krentz

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz — William L.K.

Life is too short to read bad books or drink bad wine. — Joy Daniels

Any moment now, I thought, he was going to wake up. Any moment. — O Thiam Chin

Because life's too short to read depressing books. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story. — Ken Liu

Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying. — Melissa Marr

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels. — Nell Freudenberger

Life is simply too short for the wrong books, or even the right books at the wrong time. — Tim Parks

Not everyone can experience what other people can... That's why movies come out... films and books... and short stories and novels... — Deyth Banger

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. — Mitch Albom

Life is too short to read inferior books. — James Bryce

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years. — Eve Bunting

Life is short. Read good books! — Tina Shaw

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books. — Timothy Ferriss

You are in love with my husband. You need some acting lessons to learn to hide it better. — Mary Papas

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Life is too short to read bad books. — James Joyce

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever. — Cynthia Ozick

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels. — Jonathan Coe

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. — Elizabeth Moon

One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. — Marina Tsvetaeva

And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read! — A.A. Patawaran

I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk. — You Jin

Writing for Mills and Boon taught me a lot of discipline. You have to produce books in a short time scale and four a year, and it teaches you a lot. — Penny Jordan

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it. — Swami Vivekananda

Life is too short for reading inferior books. — James Bryce

A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief. — George Saunders

It's a great blessing if one can lose all sense of time, all worries, if only for a short time, in a book. — Nella Last

She would keep playing the role of the winner as long as the audience believed her. — Mary Papas

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best. — Ernest Dimnet

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question Why should I buy this book? — Guy Kawasaki

Lives are short, but knowledge is eternal. — Rachel Caine

All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type. — Mary Papas

Life isn't really short. There are just too many good books to read in one lifetime. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Life is too short to waste your time with bad books. — Michael Kruger

Love does not choose belief, place, time, situations, or race. love happens between two souls. — Haidji

This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. — Stephen King

Life is too short to be reading shitty books. — Unknown Author 386

Life is short and the number of books is appalling. — John Cowper Powys

My life is in these books. Read these and know my heart. We are not quire novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. — Gabrielle Zevin

Short chaps evolved naturally, but I didn't title and number them till much later. I like short chaps, like short books too, as a rule. — Poe Ballantine

Life, as the signs in the liquor stores say, is too short to drink bad wine. And summer is too short to read bad books. — David Frum

But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short. — Jane Austen

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged. — Robert Morgan

On the Writing Process:
When in doubt, take it out., — Barbara DaCosta

Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books. — Stuart Woods

Remember, life is too short to be spent dancing with idiots. — Carew Papritz

Life, it's a long road but a short ride. — Paul Carafotes

Life Is Too Short--So Kiss Slowly,
Laugh Insanely, Love Truly,
And Live With Passion. — Andy Vogt

I write novellas, short books, whatever. I set out to write a good story not write a dictionary. — Jason E. Hodges