It is a fact universally acknowledged that your favorite quotes reveal a lot about yourself. Those soft, poetic lines that reveal your dreams. The more poignant sentiments that show your flavor of cynicism. Even the random bits of dialogue that will make sense to no one else, but tell everyone what your brand of humor is. They all intertwine in the tapestry of your personality. And it's beautiful. As a reader, I of course have a ton of quotes by favorite authors. (As a human

So, we all know how stories start, right? Something–a song, a book, a movie, a phrase, whathaveyou–triggers a scene. A thought. A 'what if?' question. And then you're off. There are people in your brain, voices in your head, and scenes amassing, begging to be written. So you write. Just a snippet here. A line there. Slowly piecing things together until you're sure you have enough to start with. Then you're off again to construct a whole story. I imagine that for short stories