If people did not want their stories told, it would be better for them to keep away from me. - Sherwood Anderson

I thought of a lot of things to do, but they wouldn't work. They all hurt some one else.

I have always been one who wanted a great of love, admiration and respect from others without having to go to all the trouble of deserving it.

You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty.

I shall not try to emphasize the point. I am only explaining why I was dissatisfied then and have been ever since. I speak of that only that you may understand why I have been impelled to try to tell the simple story over again.