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When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.

Flannery O'Connor
Stories, States, Theme
Flannery O'Connor (1969). “Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose”, p.96, Macmillan
When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.