Schaffter Quotes & Sayings

Late Hours
On summer nights the world
moves within earshot
on the interstate with its swish
and growl, and occasional siren
that sends chills through us.
Sometimes, on clear, still nights,
voices float into our bedroom,
lunar and fragmented,
as if the sky had let them go
long before our birth.
In winter we close the windows
and read Chekhov,
nearly weeping for his world.
What luxury, to be so happy
that we can grieve
over imaginary lives. — Lisel Mueller

Nothing good comes out of living in the past: it only kills the present and aborts the future. — Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre

If only I had used my powers for good instead of for trivia! — Hermester Barrington

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. — O. Henry

We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful. — Mike Ditka