[Ads-l] Quotes from Famous Short Stories

[Wilson Gray]

Poe, The Cask of Amontillado: "For the love of God, Montresor!"

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:11 PM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:

> A E Coppard  "In a fifth floor garret a man sat reading Russian novels
> till he thought he would go mad": /The Mouse/
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> On 1/17/2018 12:27 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>> Quotation dictionaries don't usually include many quotations from short
>> stories, but I'm trying to do so in my upcoming revised edition.  Can
>> anyone point me to crucial or particularly memorable quotes from any of
>> these famous short stories:
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>> Anton Chekhov, "The Bet"
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>> Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
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>> Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"
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>> Or, for that matter, I would welcome any suggestions of crucial or
>> particularly memorable quotes from other short stories as well.
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>> Fred Shapiro
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