
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise. —
Amy Bloom

I read about writers' lives with the fascination of one slowing down to get a good look at an automobile accident. —
Kaye Gibbons

The more that accrues, the more depth, weight, and breadth we can bring to the poems, which we then need to throw overboard so we don't sink. —
Dorianne Laux

I'm a sucker for interiors and carefully, beautifully filmed people sitting in a big room. My appetites are simple. —
Nicholson Baker

(The mature person) pours himself out in service to others. —
Laozi

A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart. —
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When God measures a church, He begins with its depth not its breadth, with its substance not its style. —
Steve Lawson

Colin smirks, "The only things I have to do are stay queer and die. —
Alvin Orloff

Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth. —
Blaise Pascal

It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer. —
Sander Levin

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach. —
Margaret Cho

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish. —
John C. Maxwell

Red for the blood of Christ, green for his everlasting love, blue for heaven above, and old for the King of Kings. —
Nancy B. Brewer

The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated. —
Oscar Wilde

The very fact that we still have majors at all in this country represents a compromise between the ideals of depth and breadth - —
William Deresiewicz

A willing soul will keenly go the length,
breadth and depth to fulfill the dream. —
Lailah Gifty Akita

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth. —
Marilyn Vos Savant

There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the
breadth and depth of our relationships. —
Michelle Gielan

As for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish. —
Stephen Vincent Benet

Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity. —
Emily Bronte

If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. —
Susan Cain

The recognition by a people that their prosperity depends on the
breadth and depth of their innovative activity is of huge importance. Nations unaware —
Edmund S. Phelps

The only way to learn to write is to write. —
Peggy Teeters