Breno Colom

“Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.”
― William Faulkner

“In the final analysis, real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence of one damned thing after another.”
― John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist

“When they had gone the Moungari fell silent, to wait through the cold hours for the sun that would bring first warmth, then heat, thirst, fire, visions. The next night he did not know where he was, did not feel the cold. The wind blew dust along the ground into his mouth as he sang.”
― Paul Bowles, The Stories of Paul Bowles: Masterful 20th Century American Short Stories with Mythic Intensity

“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself”
― William Faulkner