On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish. - Martin Buber

By the term short story I mean the recital of a destiny which is represented in a single incident; by anecdote the recital of a single incident which illumines an entire destiny.

"Feeling one "has"; love occurs."

Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other….
Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another.