Top 12 Quotes by John LHeureux

Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.

Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.

Salvation, Form, Chosen

John L'Heureux (1992). “The shrine at Altamira”, Viking Pr

Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that it's not been all waste, all hopeless, and we can ... well ... go on.

John L'Heureux

Darkness, Selfless, Goes On

John L'Heureux (2007). “The Shrine at Altamira”, p.54, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer distorts reality in the interest of a larger truth.

John L'Heureux

Reality, Thinking, Fiction

Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space.

John L'Heureux

Moving, Space, Doe

You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the story that leads us to a point where we see or intuit something we haven't before?

John L'Heureux

Interesting, Personality, Anecdotes

Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters.

John L'Heureux

Letting Go, People, Giving

Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.

John L'Heureux

Real, Discovery, Expression