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The events of life have never fallen into the form of the short story or the form of the poem, or into any other form.Yourown consciousnessisthe only formyouneed.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
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Events
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Form
Stories
Never
Life
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Fallen

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All of the sudden, he said, I feel different-- not like I ever felt before. Even when Papa died I didn't feel this way. In two days everything is changed. I'm lonely and I don't now what I'm lonely for
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To Armenians, half Armenians, quarter Armenians, and one-eight Armenians. Sixteen and thirty-second Armenians, and other winners, are likelier to be happy with a useful book
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Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student.
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All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy.
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People are people. Don't be afraid of them.
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Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.
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You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, son, or daughter.
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Yes, the idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better.
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No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.
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There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.
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Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.
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The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business.
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My work has always been the product of my time.
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Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit.
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All things lie dark in possibility.
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In the end, today is forever, yesterday is still today, and tomorrow is already today.
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There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia, but it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only Armenians, and they inhabit the earth, not Armenia, since there is no Armenia. There is no America and there is no England, and no France, and no Italy. There is only the earth.
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It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.
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If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life......San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day.
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I believe that time, with its infinite understanding, will one day forgive me.
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