They suffice (Matthews)

When all we have are fragments, they suffice.

William Matthews, from "Memory"

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Both

The particular and the universal are both ephemeral.

Harder and harder

It gets harder and harder to argue with those who say that the world is better before you know too much of it.

Of change itself (Lahiri)

Once art weds itself to a social or political purpose it is bled of its true purpose, which is not to change the world but to explore the phenomenon and the consequences of change itself.

Jhumpa Lahiri

The gist

The details are seductive, but the gist is often enough.

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Our stories

Our best (and worst) stories address what we don't know but long to understand.

Getting it right

Getting it right is so hard, so rare, that it should always be recognized, celebrated.